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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2005
David Austin Gallant, Thornton, CO (US);
Paul Andrew Ashmore, Longmont, CO (US);
David Austin Gallant, Thornton, CO (US);
Paul Andrew Ashmore, Longmont, CO (US);
Dot Hill Systems Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing user access to a storage system controller are provided. In particular, user login requirements and permissions are administered, and individual user and external user interface pairs are tracked, through a user table and a session table established as part of the storage system controller. The external user interfaces may be interconnected to the storage system controller through different networks and/or protocols. User authentication and access levels are established with reference to a user table, while sessions for different user and external interface pairs are maintained in the session table.