Patent ID: 7761629
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: gathering information on ports on at least one host, ports on at least one storage controller managing access to storage volumes, and at least one fabric over which the at least one host and storage controller ports connect; gathering, for at least one host port and storage controller port, information on a connection metric indicating a number of paths in which the port is configured and a traffic metric indicating Input/Output (I/O) traffic at the port; determining available ports for one host and storage controller that are available to provide paths between one host and storage controller; processing the connection and traffic metrics for the available host ports to select at least one host port; processing the connection and traffic metrics for the available storage controller ports to select at least one storage controller port; and configuring the at least one selected host and storage controller port pair to provide at least one path enabling the host to communicate with the selected storage controller port to access at least one storage volume managed by the selected storage controller.