Storage system, method for managing the same, and storage controller

Abstract

The present invention provides a storage system, a method for managing the same, and a storage controller, to obtain a storage apparatus that uses iSCSI protocol, which makes it possible for each user to configure the necessary settings within the scope of their provided right. A storage system includes one or more host computers; and a storage controller that provides each of the one or more host computers with a plurality of logical volumes, each including a storage area for reading/writing data from/to, and also being either allocated or not allocated to one or more of the host computers, the storage controller including: a management unit that manages information relating to the plurality of logical volumes as volume information; an identification unit that identifies necessary volume information from the volume information based on a command from a host computer from among the one or more host computers; and an execution unit that executes, based on the necessary volume information identified by the identification unit, predetermined processing, on a logical volume from among the plurality of logical volumes, according to function information relating to the logical volume included in the necessary volume information.