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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Hari Krishna Vemuri, Pune, IN;
Tushar Ravindranath Gosavi, Maharashtra, IN;
Neha Rajendraprasad Gandhi, Maharashtra, IN;
Hari Krishna Vemuri, Pune, IN;
Tushar Ravindranath Gosavi, Maharashtra, IN;
Neha Rajendraprasad Gandhi, Maharashtra, IN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Various systems and methods can discover asymmetric logical unit (LUN) access (ALUA) preferences and/or state transitions and use those preferences and/or state transitions to control how a host accesses a LUN in an ALUA array. One such method involves detecting a preferred controller for a LUN and then detecting that a current owner controller of the LUN is not the preferred controller. In response, the method can initiate an ownership change from the current owner controller to the preferred controller. Another method involves detecting an initial state of a first controller with respect to a LUN. The method then detects a subsequent state of the first controller with respect to the LUN subsequent to detecting the initial state. The method can then cause a computing device to access the LUN via a second controller, in response to the subsequent state not being the active optimized state.