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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Andrew Ignatuk, Mars, PA (US);
Jeffrey David Prem, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Brian Richard Panasko, McMurray, PA (US);
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for port reachability are provided. The process obtains an identifier for ports of a broadcast domain to access storage space at a clustered storage system; sends a discovery request to the ports of the broadcast domain; receives a response to the discovery request from some or all the ports; places ports that responded to the discovery request to a first group that indicates that all ports within the group are reachable; and reports ports within the first group to a user to indicate which ports within the broadcast domain are reachable.