Patent ID: 6754718
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for providing access to host attribute information in a storage area network wherein the storage area network is composed of a plurality of hosts coupled to at least one initiator, each initiator coupled to one or more targets and each initiator having an associated worldwide name, the method comprising:in each host, relating the worldwide name of the initiator to other host attribute information; and sending the host attribute information including the worldwide name from each of the plurality of hosts to the one or more targets; storing the host attribute information for each host including the associated world wide name in a memory location in a storage array coupled to the target; from a remote location relative to the storage area network, requesting from a host a topology of the storage area network; retrieving at a host, host attribute information from the storage array; creating a topology based on the host attribute information retrieved from the storage array; and sending the topology to the remote location.