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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2012
Sebastien T. Rosset, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shrey Ajmera, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sebastien T. Rosset, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shrey Ajmera, Milpitas, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes connecting one or more storage arrays to a switch; connecting one or more servers to the switch; creating a virtual storage area network between the one or more storage arrays and the switch; creating a service profile for a zoning configuration; and associating at least one of the one or more servers to a storage policy, wherein storage target ports can be added and removed from the storage policy, wherein a change of one of the storage target ports in the storage policy causes a change of the zoning configuration, wherein the storage policy includes an identifier of a fiber channel adaptor. In more specific examples, the method can include configuring virtual host bus adapters for the service profile; configuring parameters for each of the virtual host bus adapters; and associating a target port on one of the one or more storage arrays with a specific one of the virtual host bus adapters.