Patent ID: 8549130
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for organizing a network using a processor device, comprising: providing a plurality of available network components, the plurality of available network components including devices, hosts and virtual devices, an interconnected plurality of communication paths, and quality of service (QoS) information, wherein a first group of the network components is included on a device access list and a second group of the network components is omitted from the device access list; after providing the plurality of network components, searching with a domain ID and a naming authority of a predetermined WWPN designated by Fibre Channel standard (FC) to identify the network components omitted from the device access list; after searching with the domain ID and the naming authority to identify the network components omitted from the device access list, polling the identified network components to obtain information relating to the identified network components using discovery elements in a Fibre Channel (FC) standard and a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) standard to obtain network information and device characteristic information relating to each component without manual searching, the network information including at least one of a worldwide node name (WWNN), a specific path of the interconnected plurality of communication paths, and the QoS information, and the device characteristic information including a device type, a device model, a device capacity, a number of logical units associated with the at least one of the plurality of devices, and a security mechanism; after polling the identified network components, creating a graphical representation of the available plurality of network components for presentation by a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user; and based on a selection of the user of at least one attribute of the available plurality of network components as displayed by the GUI to the user and after creating the graphical representation, creating a zone for at least one of the available plurality of network components.