Patent ID: 8898261
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: displaying, on a display screen, a list of agent types, wherein each agent type is compatible for performing at least one different agent service on at least one resource in a Storage Area Network (SAN); in response to receiving a selection of a first agent type from the list of agent types, displaying a first plurality of agent services currently available for implementation by any agent of the first agent type, wherein the first plurality of agent services is different than a second plurality of agent services currently available for implementation by any agent of a second agent type, wherein the second agent type is concurrently indicated in the list of agent types with the first agent type, and wherein the first agent service and the second agent service both are configurable via a SAN management application; in response to receiving a selection of a first agent service from the first plurality of agent services, displaying a plurality of configurable parameters of the first agent service, wherein each of the configurable parameters describes a current execution setting of the first agent service; in response to receiving a new parameters value for a first configurable parameters in the plurality of configurable parameters, creating a configuration file describing the new parameter value; and upon detecting a respective agent of the first agent typecurrently operating remotely in the SAN by the SAN management application;