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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
John D. Panelli, Campbell, CA (US);
Keerthi K. Arutla, Fremont, CA (US);
Sesh Jalagam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John D. Panelli, Campbell, CA (US);
Keerthi K. Arutla, Fremont, CA (US);
Sesh Jalagam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A SAN connectivity advisor analyzes the physical connections of a physical fabric, identifies logical connections based on the physical connections and connectivity information, and applies a set of connectivity rules indicative of good or mandatory SAN connection practices. The connectivity advisor generates a report indicative of connections that may need or benefit from modification, typically an error message for each suspect connection found. The connectivity advisor applies the rules to each physical and logical connection to qualify the connection according to the rules, thus reflecting the actual configuration at the port-to-port connection level, rather than the conventional device-to-device level. Further, the connectivity advisor does not require an interoperability matrix or other database query of device interoperability. The generated results indicate suggested (warning) or mandatory (inoperative) actions for remedying particular connection anomalies, and in this manner, apply a consistent set of aggregated rules to each physical and logical SAN connection.