Patent ID: 7272690
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a program of computer-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method for assigning storage, the method comprising the following operations: receiving at an ITSRM, a request from a requesting device, for additional storage, wherein the request includes a requested amount of storage space; determining if connectivity information has been received at the ITSRM from the requesting device, sending the request for the requested amount of storage space, and the connectivity information, in a request to a service; inputting the requested amount of storage space and the connectivity information; identifying storage that is accessible by the requesting device based on the connectivity information; identifying all LUNs that are masked from all hosts, in the identified storage; selecting at least one identified LUN; and assigning the at least one selected LUN to the requesting device.