Patent ID: 8275886

Claim:
A method for automatically configuring a storage system, comprising: receiving, at a management console communicatively coupled to a host and the storage system, information regarding the host and the storage system from one or more probes initiated by an agent executing on the management console, the information is used for the host and the storage system to establish a connection therebetween; providing, via the agent, the host and the storage system with the information; instructing, via the agent, the host and the storage system to establish the connection therebetween using the information; instructing, via the agent, the storage system to perform logical unit number (LUN) configuration comprising creating an iGroup; and instructing, via the agent, the host to configure the storage system using the connection, via at least one of: instructing the host to mount the storage system on the host, instructing the host to configure volume data on the storage system, or instructing the host to configure LUN data on the storage system.