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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Hanna Yehuda, Newton, MA (US);
Morrie Gasser, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Hanna Yehuda, Newton, MA (US);
Morrie Gasser, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
In response to a user selection of a management function to configure a storage area network, a resource manager application generates a graphical user interface that displays a list including at least initial process steps requiring selection of resources in the storage area network to execute the management function. Based on input from a user such as selection of resources for a given process step in the list, the resource manager application dynamically selects further process steps in addition to the list of initial process steps for display in the list. In this way, a user can i) view a changing list of process steps and ii) identify which additional process steps are required to perform a respective management function as a result of making a selection of storage area network resources for the given process step.