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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Masaru Toda, Yokohama, JP;
Isamu Hosono, Yokohama, JP;
Tomohito Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A computer system includes an I/O switch connected to a computer and changing connections between the computer and I/O devices, and a management server for managing configuration of the I/O devices. The management server, with respect to existing I/O devices connected to the I/O switch, stores information representing logical configuration of the existing I/O devices recognized by an OS of the computer and information representing physical configuration of the existing I/O devices managed by the I/O switch in the memory, The management server, upon receipt of a notice indicating a change in the configuration of the existing I/O devices from the I/O switch, changes the physical configuration of the existing I/O devices after the change in the configuration to be matched with the logical configuration of the existing I/O devices and instructs the I/O switch to change the connections in accordance with the changed physical configuration.