Patent ID: 7082462
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: a plurality of computers; a storage system including a plurality of logical units and at least one interface control circuit coupled to the plurality of computers; and a management computer coupled to the storage system, said management computer including a management table that stores a relation between a user name and logical unit identification information identifying a private logical unit of a user indicated by the user name; wherein each of the plurality of logical units is a private logical unit of a predetermined user, wherein the management computer is arranged to receive a user name and computer identification information identifying a computer, refer to the management table to find the logical unit identification information corresponding to the received user name, and transmit the received computer identification information associated with the received user name and found logical unit identification information to the storage system, and wherein the storage system is arranged to receive the computer identification information and logical unit identification information transmitted by the management computer and, in response to receipt of the computer identification information and logical unit identification information, to permit the computer identified by the received computer identification information to access the at least one private logical unit indicated by the received logical unit identification information.