Patent ID: 7840755

Claim:
A method in a data-processing system for automatically identifying storage array modifications thereof, comprising: automatically monitoring an interface device associated with said data-processing system and a storage array thereof in order to identify at least one command completion event associated with said interface device; performing a test to determine if a check condition value is a particular value after said at least one command completion event is finalized; compiling data indicative of a status of said interface device if said check condition value is said particular value wherein said particular value is a 06h/3Fh/0Eh condition by comparing a known logical unit inventory associated with said storage array with a new logical unit parameter data generated thereof, in response to identifying said at least one command completion event as a result of automatically monitoring said interface device; and generating data indicating that said storage array has been modified and issuing a device state change event to an operating system associated with said data-processing system, if said data indicative of said status of said interface device is equivalent to a particular value, in order that said storage array modifications are thereby usable.