Patent ID: 7945643
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: storage configurable, at least in part, into a plurality of shared entities based upon one or more rules native to and resident upon the storage, said storage comprising rules, each rule being configurable to specify at least one of the shared entities to associate with a specified network computer so that at least one network computer is associatable with a unique set of shared entities; a network interface coupled to logic, wherein, via said network interface, a user of the storage specifies at least a portion of the one or more rules for at least one network computer, wherein at least a portion of said rules comprise a drive designator associated with each of the shared entities; and a network computer for receiving an identity of at least one of the plurality of shared entity and an associated drive designator from said logic across said network and said network computer and mapping the identity of the shared entity to the drive designator; and said network computer dynamically reconfigures itself if at least one of the shared entities replies with a different shared entity identifier than for which said network computer was currently configured to access.