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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Naoshi Nishi, Matsuda, JP;
Tatsuo Namba, Fujisawa, JP;
Masanobu Ikeda, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a service processor (SVP)that validates a configuration of a storage systemhaving a server device, a storage deviceproviding the server device with a storage area, and a FC switchcoupling the storage deviceand the server device. The SVPincludes a configuration information storing partwhich acquires predetermined constituent element information from the storage deviceand stores the predetermined constituent element information on a configuration management table; a configuration change detecting partwhich compares constituent element information stored in the configuration management tableand the acquired constituent element information, and determines whether there is a change in a constituent element, and if there is a change, determines whether, in a vendor certification information database, there is a constituent element after changing which has received certification; a vendor certification test conducting partwhich conducts a vendor certification test targeted for a storage system, if there is no constituent element having received certification; and a data storing partwhich stores a result of the vendor certification test in a constituent element determination tableof the storage system