Patent ID: 8924595
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of servicing one or more command requests comprising: receiving a first command request; determining whether to simulate servicing the first command request using a simulator or whether to service the first command by processing in accordance with a non-simulation mode, wherein said first command request is one of a plurality of command requests, and a first portion of the plurality of command requests are simulated whereby the first portion of commands are serviced using the simulator and a second portion of the command requests are serviced in the non-simulation mode; and servicing the first command request in accordance with said determining, wherein the first command request is a command to perform any of a get operation returning information regarding a data storage system configuration to a user interface, a create operation to create a new instance of an entity in a data storage system configuration, an update operation to update an existing instance of an entity in a data storage system configuration, and a delete operation to delete an existing instance of an entity in a data storage system configuration.