Patent ID: 8904050

Claim:
A method of automatically configuring target port settings comprising: initializing a set of target port settings of a target port of a data storage system in accordance with a first target port setting configuration; determining whether the data storage system supports host registration; responsive to determining that said data storage system supports host registration, performing first processing including: registering a first host with the data storage system, wherein said registering includes sending first information from the first host to the data storage system, said first information being sent from an initiator port of the first host to the target port; determining, using the first information, whether the set of target port settings of the target port require modification for use by the first host; and responsive to determining that the set of target port settings of the target port require modification, modifying the set of target port settings in accordance with the first information, wherein said determining whether the data storage system supports host registration include sending a query command from the initiator port to the target port and receiving a first response from the data storage system indicating whether host registration is supported.