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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2007
Harold M. Sandstrom, Belmont, MA (US);
Amanuel Ronen Artzi, Framingham, MA (US);
Michael E. Bappe, Loveland, CO (US);
Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
William Zahavi, Westborough, MA (US);
Harold M. Sandstrom, Belmont, MA (US);
Amanuel Ronen Artzi, Framingham, MA (US);
Michael E. Bappe, Loveland, CO (US);
Helen S. Raizen, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
William Zahavi, Westborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for selecting a path for an I/O in a storage area network. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving path configuration information for paths associated with a host device connected to the storage area network, a listing of components within the storage area network, and a notification of a component failure within the storage area network. The method may also comprise correlating the received path configuration information, the received listing of components, and the received notification of component failure to determine one or more paths associated with the host device affected by the component failure. The method may further comprise transmitting to the host device an alert for the one or more affected paths.