Patent ID: 7966294

Claim:
A system configured to simplify management of a clustered storage system having a plurality of failover modes, the system comprising: a user interface system that allows a user to define the plurality of failover modes in the clustered storage system, wherein each failover mode automatically configures one or more ports on a selected storage system or a partner storage system in response to a failover condition, wherein the partner storage system is configured to receive requests directed to the partner storage system and the selected storage system, each failover mode further configuring the partner storage system with a world wide node name and a world wide port name from the selected storage system to allow the partner storage system to assume an identity of the selected storage system; and a command set implemented by the user interface system, the command set including a first command and a second command, the first command configured to permit the user to specify a specific initiator group (igroup) to utilize the one or more ports for data access proxying in the clustered storage system wherein the igroup is a logical named entity assigned to one or more addresses that are associated with one or more initiators and the igroup is used by higher layer vdisk commands to allow the data access proxying to the partner storage system, the second command configured to set a cluster mode, the cluster mode including at least one of the plurality of failover modes in which a storage system is to operate, wherein the command set further provides information specific to failover operations of the one or more ports to the user on the user interface system.