Patent ID: 7865587

Claim:
A method, comprising: displaying a command interface; receiving a display command utilizing the command interface; in response to the receipt of the display command, displaying on the command interface at least one of a plurality of port names assigned to at least one of a plurality of ports; receiving an edit command utilizing the command interface; and in response to the receipt of the edit command, reassigning at least one of the plurality of port names to a different port, utilizing a hardware processor, for conforming a post-replacement port name assignment existing after replacement of a storage system component with a pre-replacement port name assignment existing before the replacement, so that a storage application that relies on the pre-replacement port name assignment continues to operate after the replacement; wherein the at least one of a plurality of port names assigned to the at least one of a plurality of ports is displayed for allowing a user to review a current port name assignment status for the at least one of a plurality of ports wherein the edit command is received from a user utilizing the command interface and is accompanied by a target port and a new port name that renders a change in a port name assignment in association with the target port.