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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Di Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Fei Xia, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0662 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 11/2094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for constructing a storage virtualization network are provided according to examples. The apparatus includes a storage module to store first area information. A management module determines whether a first apparatus belongs to the first area based on area information in a message sent by the first apparatus and the first area information. Second storage resources information of the first apparatus is obtained and first storage resources information is updated by utilizing the second storage resources information.