Patent ID: 6418512
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for reporting disk utilization in a computer system, comprising the steps of:(a) collecting at least one parameter pertaining to a disk array in a disk subsystem by a specialist software in a processor in the disk subsystem, wherein the collecting step comprises: (a1) requesting at least one disk characteristic pertaining to the disk array from a user at an open system host, (a2) sending a request from an expert in the open system host to the specialist software for the at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter is relevant to the at least one disk characteristic, and (a13) collecting the at least one parameter by the specialist software from microcode in the processor according to the request; (b) transferring the at least one parameter from the processor to the open system host; and (c) calculating disk utilization based upon the at least one parameter.