Patent ID: 6314460
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for analyzing a storage network, said storage network comprising a plurality of controllers attached to a common storage network communication medium, and a plurality of data storage devices attached to said common storage network communication medium, said method comprising the steps of:(a) obtaining information from each of said controllers concerning devices attached to said common storage network communication medium, wherein information obtained from each respective controller is incomplete;(b) identifying a device to be resolved, said device to be resolved being known to a first controller, but being unknown to a second controller;(c) selecting a plurality of devices attached to said common storage network communication medium as cross-reference objects;(d) determining, for each respective cross-reference object selected by said selecting step, a corresponding set of possible placements for said device to be resolved; and(e) identifying a single possible placement common to each respective set of possible placements as the resolved placement of said device to be resolved.