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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2004
Vinay Gupta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Meneghini, Waltham, MA (US);
Steven R. Klinkner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vinay Gupta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Meneghini, Waltham, MA (US);
Steven R. Klinkner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A user interface system simplifies management of a clustered storage system by a user or system administrator. The user interface system comprises a Command Line Interface (CLI) and/or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that supports virtual ports associated with a single physical port and multi-mode operation of ports in the clustered storage system. Management of the clustered storage system is further simplified through the use of a novel command set used to, inter-alia, set a cluster mode and set a USE_PARTNER attribute of an initiator group (igroup).