Patent ID: 6606690
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for interfacing a storage area network (SAN) with a first data communication network, wherein one or more hosts coupled to the first data communication network can access data stored in one or more of a plurality of storage devices in the SAN, wherein the one or more hosts access one or more of the plurality of storage devices as network attached storage (NAS), comprising the steps of:coupling a SAN server to a SAN; coupling a NAS server to the SAN server through a second data communication network; coupling the NAS server to the first data communication network; allocating a portion of at least one of the plurality of storage devices from the SAN server to the NAS server; configuring the allocated portion as NAS storage in the NAS server; exporting the configured portion from the NAS server to be accessible to the one or more hosts coupled to the first data communication network.