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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Dongfeng LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward R. Zayas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Randal Thelen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen H. Strange, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Susan M. Coatney, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dongfeng Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward R. Zayas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Randal Thelen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen H. Strange, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Susan M. Coatney, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention uniquely names storage devices in a global storage environment with hierarchical storage domains. In particular, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention a storage device (e.g., a disk) is connected at a particular location within the global storage environment. That particular location is associated with a path of each of one or more hierarchical storage domains in which the storage device is located. Accordingly, a name is assigned to the storage device that is the path of the hierarchical storage domains in which the storage device is located.