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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Farhan Ahmad, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gary Thomas Axberg, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Zhengwen He, Rochester, MN (US);
Raymond M. LI, Oakland, CA (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory John Tevis, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Roy Yonker, Rochester, MN (US);
Farhan Ahmad, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gary Thomas Axberg, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Zhengwen He, Rochester, MN (US);
Raymond M. Li, Oakland, CA (US);
David Lynn Merbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory John Tevis, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Roy Yonker, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage area network (SAN) of the type has a plurality of components including one or more digital data processors in communication with one or more storage devices via a switching fabric. An interface process, e.g., resident on a manager digital data processor, permits the operator/administrator to effect execution of at least a process residing on the manager and at least one process, such as a management application, residing on another SAN component.