Patent ID: 8271725

Claim:
A method comprising: providing at least one host-independent name for a meta-device to at least one host computer, comprising processing information regarding at least one storage enclosure, wherein the information regarding the at least one storage enclosure comprises at least one Logical Unit Number (LUN), the at least one LUN is represented by at least one meta-device, the at least one meta-device comprises the meta-device, and the processing comprises determining a storage enclosure index, wherein the storage enclosure index identifies a storage enclosure of the at least one storage enclosure, and determining a meta-device index, wherein the meta-device index identifies a meta-device of the at least one meta-device, and generating at least one host-independent name, wherein the at least one host-independent name is generated based on the information regarding the at least one storage enclosure, and the at least one host-independent name identifies the at least one meta-device.