Patent ID: 7412506
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A management computer coupled to a system, the system comprising a plurality of network equipment including a plurality of computers, a plurality of storage systems storing data accessed from the plurality of computers, and a plurality of switches coupled to the plurality of computers and the plurality of storage systems, comprising: a processor; a display coupled to the processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing topological information of the system, wherein the management computer receives performance information related to traffic amount of ports of the plurality of network equipment in the system at predetermined time intervals, wherein based on the performance information, the processor selects a particular network equipment, whose performance meets a predetermined criterion, from the plurality of network equipment in the system, wherein the processor identifies each access path including the particular network equipment based on the topological information, and wherein the display shows the performance information of other network equipment on each identified access path.