Patent ID: 7831761
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a computer system to run multiple multipathing software modules comprising: discovering paths to storage devices, the paths being physical paths to specific ones of the storage devices; presenting one or more of the paths to multipathing software modules of a plurality of multipathing software modules operating within the computer system, wherein presenting one or more of the paths is in accordance with inquiry data and configuration rules, the configuration rules indicate multipathing software modules to which a path to a particular type of storage device is to be presented; the multipathing software modules claiming or rejecting one or more of the one or more paths, such that the claiming or rejecting by a multipathing software module claims or rejects all physical paths to a storage device; and the multipathing software modules presenting logical devices associated with the multipathing software modules for use by the computer system.