Patent ID: 8117385

Claim:
A computer-implementable method for managing serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) devices, comprising: selecting an SAS storage enclosure connected to an SAS expander, wherein: said SAS storage enclosure comprises a plurality of physically attached SAS storage devices having a device port; and said SAS expander comprises a plurality of SAS expander ports logically assigned to said device ports; bypassing said device ports to deassign said logical port assignments; generating an inventory of said plurality of physically attached SAS storage devices; identifying any of said inventoried plurality of physically attached SAS storage devices not having a said logical port assignment, wherein said identifying is performed by comparing said inventoried plurality of physically attached SAS storage devices to said SAS expander port assignment configuration; designating said any identified SAS storage devices as available for logical port assignment; and unbypassing said device ports to reassign said logical port assignments.