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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason Cherian, Austin, TX (US);
Gaurav Chawla, Austin, TX (US);
Lazarus J. Vekiarides, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A storage device coupled to a fabric includes a memory and a processor operable to receive, default domain information for a storage area network (SAN) from a management server coupled to the fabric. The default domain information including a list of host systems and a list of initiators on the SAN. The processor also sends the default domain information to a management station to configure a discovery domain including a host system selected from the list of host systems and an initiator selected from the list of initiators, receives the discovery domain from the management station, directs the management server to add the first discovery domain to a list of device domains implemented by the management server on the SAN, and directs the management server to enable the first discovery domain.