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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2007
Svetlana Patsenker, Wayland, MA (US);
Boris Farizon, Westborough, MA (US);
Rajesh K. Gandhi, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Keith A. Carson, Jr., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Svetlana Patsenker, Wayland, MA (US);
Boris Farizon, Westborough, MA (US);
Rajesh K. Gandhi, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Keith A. Carson, Jr., Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Data structures, methods, and apparatus useful in configuring agent services operating in a storage area network are provided. The data structures may include a list of agent types for which agent services are configurable for operation by agents of those agent types in a storage area network; for each agent type in the list of agent types, a corresponding list of configurable agent services operable by agents of the agent type; for each configurable agent service in each list of configurable agent services, a corresponding list of configurable parameters for the configurable agent service; and for each configurable parameter in each list of configurable parameters, at least one parameter value associated with the configurable parameter. Procedures and apparatus are provided for configuring agent services by updating elements of the data structures and providing the updated elements to the agent services.