Patent ID: 7401137
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a management application, a method for applying a management action to a resource, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a resource representation in a network environment that represents a resource to which a management action is to be applied; applying a series of resource traversal functions to a repository containing objects representative of network resources in the network environment, the traversal functions identifying a set of action affected resources in the network environment existing along a set of relationship paths extending to at least one storage device that have a current allocation relationship to the selected resource, by: presenting a representation of the set of action affected resources in the network environment to a user of the management application, the representation of the set of action affected resources informing the user of resources within the storage area network that are currently in an functional relationship with the selected resource to which a management action is to be applied and that may be affected if the management action is to be applied to the selected resource.