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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2008
Haruki Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Haruki Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to recognize the presence of a business-use computer that can be a management target of a management computer, and to register the recognized business-use computer as a management target host. A storage system includes business-use hostsand, a management serverand a storage subsystem; wherein the business-use hostsandare connected via a SANto the storage subsystem, while the management serveris connected via a LANto the business-use hostsandand the storage subsystem. The management serverfor recognizing business-use hosts that can be management objects, sends a communication request to all the IP addresses/ports within a range specified by the user, and registers business-use hosts returning a response in reply to the communication request as management targets.