Patent ID: 7003567
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying the configuration of a storage network, comprising the steps of: connecting each piece of apparatus of hosts, switches and disk units constituting said storage network to a control network different from said storage network connecting said pieces of apparatus to one another; broadcasting a ping to acquire an IP address from each connected piece of apparatus; retrieving the acquired IP address from an apparatus database having at least an IP address field and an apparatus classification field; detecting, when there is an IP address newly discovered as a result of the retrieval in said retrieving step, apparatus classification of each piece of apparatus relating to the newly discovered IP address included in said storage network by use of identification information common to each piece of apparatus to register the acquired information in the apparatus database; issuing, when the apparatus classification cannot be detected by use of the common identification information, a query unique to a switch when said detected apparatus classification of each piece of apparatus is a switch, so as to acquire information about which piece of apparatus is connected to which port of said switch, and issuing a query unique to a RAID when said detected apparatus classification of each piece of apparatus is a RAID, so as to acquire information about which host has access to disks of said RAID to register the acquired information in the apparatus database; generating a screen for displaying the configuration of said storage network based on said acquired information; and displaying said generated screen.