Patent ID: 7464204
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a storage system comprising a server device, a fibre channel switch device, a storage device comprising a channel adapter and a logical storage area as a disk array unit, the server device comprising a host bus adapter which is linked to the fibre channel switch device via a fibre channel, the channel adapter being linked to the fibre channel switch device via another fibre channel, and the channel adapter being linked to the logical storage area, the method comprising the steps of: registering attribute information of the host bus adapter and attribute information of the fibre channel switch device into a database in the fibre channel switch device; retrieving said attribute information from the database by the storage device; determining based upon said attribute information whether the host bus adapter and the fibre channel switch device are compliant with GS-4 Protocol of fibre channel protocols thereby determining whether or not the host bus adapter and the fibre channel switch device are adaptable to a fabric management interface defined by the GS-4 Protocol; and displaying via an operation-information collection application information about whether the host bus adapter and the fibre channel switch device are adaptable or inadaptable.