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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Anna Naito, Machida, JP;
Yuki Naganuma, Yokohama, JP;
Wataru Okada, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Ikeda, Yamato, JP;
Anna Naito, Machida, JP;
Yuki Naganuma, Yokohama, JP;
Wataru Okada, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Ikeda, Yamato, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Even if no port of the attribute communicable with communication ports which the other storage control apparatuses comprise exists among the communication ports which the storage control apparatus comprises, connecting the respective storage control apparatuses as communicable. Among communication ports, the migration source communication port and the migration destination communication port are selected. The path connected to the migration source communication port is migrated to the migration destination communication port, and the migration source communication port is made a free communication port. The attribute of the free communication port is changed to a specified attribute, and the communication port of the other storage control apparatus is connected to the communication port.