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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Sebastien T. Rosset, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Y. Uchino, Foster City, CA (US);
Sesidhar Baddela, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sebastien T. Rosset, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Y. Uchino, Foster City, CA (US);
Sesidhar Baddela, Cupertino, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes instantiating a virtual adapter on a network device connected to a storage array, the virtual adapter capable of communicating with the storage array; determining storage configuration properties for the network device; and provisioning a portion of the storage array to the network device in accordance with the determined storage configuration properties. The method may further comprise associating the network device with a service profile, where the storage configuration properties are specified in the service profile. Still further, the method may comprise configuring the network device in accordance with the associated service profile, where the instantiating is also performed in accordance with the associated service profile.