Patent ID: 7921185

Claim:
A system for storing information comprising: one or more host information handling systems, each host information handling system having a host name and plural ports, each port operable to communicate information with an associated host address; one or more storage devices, each storage device having a storage device name and one or more ports, each port operable to communicate information with an associated storage address; a switch disposed between the host information handling systems and the storage devices, the switch having plural ports, each port associated with an associated switch address; plural cables interfacing the host ports with the switch ports and interfacing the switch ports with the storage device ports; and a mapping virtual device running on the switch and operable to present itself as a target to the host information handling systems and the storage devices, the mapping virtual device further operable to acquire the host name and host address of each host port interfaced with a switch port and to acquire the storage device name and storage address of each storage port interfaced with a switch port.