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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Howard Ernest Arnold, Londonderry, NH (US);
Matthew Clayton Harris, Derry, NH (US);
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and corresponding apparatus for verifying connectivity in a storage area network. An embodiment begins by communicating with one or more storage devices, through at least one of one or more host machines connected to one or more network switches. Based on the communication, the method may activate a test procedure at the one or more storage devices. The method may determine, through the test procedure, each state of connectivity from the one or more storage devices to each member computing device of a connectivity set. The connectivity set may include at least one of the following: at least one other storage device, at least one of the one or more network switches, and at least one of the one or more host machines. The method may provide a report to one or more users, the report including each state of connectivity.
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