Patent ID: 7376898

Claim:
A method for managing access rights of host resources with respect to corresponding storage systems, the method comprising: receiving a selection of at least one host resource associated with a storage area network; in addition to receiving the selection of the at least one host resource, receiving a selection of at least one storage parameter associated with the storage area network, the selection of the at least one storage parameter including selection of a vendor type associated with a storage system resource, the selection of the at least one parameter also including receiving a signal identifying a selected vendor type; correlating the selection of the at least one host resource with the selection of the at least one storage parameter to identify: i) storage devices of the at least one storage system resource corresponding to the at least one storage parameter, and ii) access control rights of the at least one host resource with respect to the storage devices; in response to receiving the selected vendor type, displaying storage system resources associated with the selected vendor type; providing a unique identifier associated with each of the displayed storage system resources; enabling a user to select a storage system resource of the selected vendor type; and based on a user selected storage system resource of the selected vendor type, providing a display of storage devices associated with the at least one host resource and the user selected storage system resource.