Patent ID: 6845395
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing access by a plurality of network devices to data stored on a storage system, the method comprising: accessing a data structure that includes at least one record identifying at least one of the plurality of network devices as being logged into the storage system; and based on the accessing of the data structure, determining an identity of at least one of the plurality of network devices that is logged into the storage system; wherein the data structure includes a plurality of records, each record corresponding to one of the plurality of network devices that is logged into the storage system; wherein each record of the plurality of records includes a network identifier that identifies a network address of the corresponding one of the plurality of network devices that is logged into the storage system; wherein at least one record of the plurality of records further includes an automatically assigned alias corresponding to at least one of the plurality of network devices that is logged into the storage system, the alias being based on information other than the network address of the at least one of the plurality of network devices that is logged into the storage system; wherein the at least one of the plurality of network devices that is logged into the storage system is a host processor, and wherein the alias is based on a node name of the host processor; and wherein a portion of the alias that is included in the at least one record is dependent upon an operating system of the host processor.