Patent ID: 7228397
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for copying data from a storage system to a backup system of a plurality of backup systems, said storage system coupled with said backup system via a storage area network, said method comprising: receiving a command from a server through a target port of the storage system by a first processor of said storage system to copy data from the storage system to the backup system, wherein said command to copy includes information of a destination device target port of the backup system; based on said command from said server to copy, determining an initiator port from a plurality of initiator ports of the storage system from which to send said data; and transferring said data from the storage system by a second processor of the storage system through said initiator port to the backup system through a target port of said destination device under control of said storage system.