Patent ID: 7885256

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining, on a computer device, switch information for a plurality of switches, wherein at least a portion of the switch information is obtained from a server that maintains switch information about switches in two or more distinct Storage Area Network (SAN) fabrics; traversing the obtained switch information to determine interconnection information for the plurality of switches, wherein the interconnection information includes information about how each of the plurality of switches is connected to other devices, and wherein said traversing comprises determining which of the plurality of switches are in each distinct SAN fabric and how each of the plurality of switches is connected to other devices in its respective SAN fabric; and generating SAN fabric information describing a plurality of distinct SAN fabrics each comprising one or more of the plurality of switches from the determined interconnection information, wherein the SAN fabric information includes information indicating which of the plurality of switches are in each distinct SAN fabric and how each of the plurality of switches is connected to other devices in its respective SAN fabric; and displaying at least a portion of the SAN fabric information on a display device.