Patent ID: 8255538
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing data management services, the method comprising: identifying, by a device located in a path between a switch port of a switch and a target port of a storage system, a target world wide port name of the target port; registering, by the device, in a first registration procedure, a first port of the device with the switch based on the target world wide port name; receiving, by the device, in a second registration procedure, registration information comprising first information relating to an initiator port of a server that is associated with the target port and second information specifying a particular switch port to which the initiator port is connected; determining, by the device, an initiator world wide port name of the initiator port of the server, based on the registration information; and identifying, by the device, a storage volume in the storage system that is associated with the initiator port, based on the initiator world wide port name of the initiator port.