Patent ID: 6968434

Claim:
A storage system comprising: a control unit for receiving a data write request from a plurality of host computers; at least one storage unit coupled to said control unit and having a plurality of storage regions for storing data; and a panel displaying information of relationships between host group identifiers (IDs) of groups of host computers each group having one or more host computers and said storage regions connected to said groups of host computers, wherein said control unit has an access security table indicating, a relationship between said groups of host computers and said storage regions accessible to said groups of host computers, and wherein said panel displays information of a relationship between said host group IDs of groups of host computers and said storage regions accessible to each group of host computers on said panel so that an administrator can set an access enable/disable right for said groups of host computers to permit access or not permit access of said storage regions using said host group IDs without inputting a World Wide Name (WWN) of each of said host computers when said administrator sets said enable/disable right on said panel to be input to said access security table.