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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Yoshitaka Matsumoto, Yamato, JP;
Yoshihiko Terashita, Yamato, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yamato, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and computer storage device for managing zone information for devices in a network. A zone group table includes entries for different pairs of zones, wherein each entry indicates whether access between a pair of the zones is permitted. An attribute zone table indicates whether devices in the zones are initiator, target and/or initiator/target. For a selected zone, indication is made of whether ports in the devices in the selected zone have an initiator, target and/or initiator/target attribute as indicated in the attribute zone table. A determination is made as to whether all the ports in the devices in the selected zone have the same attribute of initiator, target or initiator/target. If so, a division proposal is indicated for the selected zone proposing to separate devices in the selected zone into at least one new zone.
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