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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Richard Meyer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glen C. Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Rahim Ibrahim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gen-hwa Chiang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kwan Sang Yap, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Meyer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glen C. Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Rahim Ibrahim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gen-Hwa Chiang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kwan Sang Yap, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments according to the invention perform functions including discovery, classification, and profiling of storage devices, computer systems, connection elements, and other components relating to a storage area network (SAN). Changes to the SAN topology are tracked in order to show growth patterns.