Patent ID: 7334029
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first device; a second device; a third device; and a network for mutually connecting said first, second, and third devices, wherein said first device designates to said second device creation of a storage area having an identifier identical to an identifier assigned to a storage area that is owned by the first device itself and accessed by said third device, said second device creates a storage area having said identifier based on the designation from said first device; and said third device accesses the storage area owned by said second device by using said identifier; wherein said first device and second device are storage devices, and said third device is a computer; wherein each of said first and second devices has one or more ports, and said identifier is associated with the combination of one of said ports and said storage area; wherein said third device the system further comprising a name management device connected to said network, wherein