Patent ID: 7130900
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A management apparatus for managing a storage network having a computer, a storage device and a switch, comprising: a controller, an interface connected to said switch and an input interface to be used by an administrator, wherein when said computer or said storage device is connected to said switch: based on information of first and second identifiers of said computer or said storage device acquired via said interface from said computer or said storage device connected to said switch, information of a correspondence relation acquired from said switch via said interface between said second identifier of said computer or said storage device connected to said switch, and a third identifier for identifying an interface of said switch connected to said computer or said storage device, and information regarding said first identifier for identifying said computer or said storage device constituting a predetermined group entered by said administrator via said input interface, said third identifier of said switch belonging to said predetermined group is specified; and in response to inputting of information of a storage area of said storage device and information regarding said first identifier of said computer which can use said storage area, from said input interface, the input information is sent to said storage device to instruct security configuration, information of said third identifier of said switch corresponding to said first identifier and information of said predetermined group to which said third identifier belongs is derived, and the derived information is sent to said switch to instruct configuration of a virtual LAN corresponding to said predetermined group.