Patent ID: 7451204

Claim:
A target detecting method of a storage management server system coupled to at least one host computer and at least one storage system via at least one switch, said storage management server system storing a iSCSI name table, said target detecting method comprising: receiving a first request from said storage system via said switch after connecting said storage system to said switch, said first request being used to send IP address and iSCSI name of said storage system as iSCSI target to said storage management server system; sending a second request to said storage system via said switch after receiving said first request; receiving an acknowledge from said storage system via said switch after sending said second request, said acknowledge being used to send a MAC address related to said IP address of said storage system; and identifying a port identification of said switch based on said MAC address sent by said acknowledge, wherein said first request is used to send said IP address of said storage system, an iSCSI name of said storage system and a port identification of storage system.