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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Robert P. Mowry, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Robert P. Mowry, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for automatic configuration and installation of network storage server to a network storage cluster is described. When the first storage server is installed, the automatic configuration process extracts from the user information necessary for configuration of the cluster. Upon entering all the configuration information, the storage server is rebooted and the new cluster is created. For a network storage server attempting to join an existing cluster, broadcast packets are sent by the joining storage server on its cluster port requesting a response from all available clusters. If a single response is received the joining storage server initiates the configuration process and joins the cluster. If multiple responses are received the joining storage server let the operator choose the cluster to join. If no responses are received the joining storage server retries the broadcast request repeatedly until a response is received.