Security within storage area network having fabric-attached storage drives, SAN agent-executing client devices, and SAN manager
US10296247B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/6236
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage-area network (SAN) system includes one or more storage drives directly connected to a fabric. Each storage drive provisions and operates a drive volume, and creates a security token for the drive volume. The system includes a client computing device directly connected to the fabric, and that executes a SAN software agent to create, mount, and use a logical volume realized by drive volumes of the storage drives. The client computing device accesses each drive volume using the security token for the drive volume. The system includes a SAN manager directly connected to the fabric that manages the drive volumes of the storage drives, manages the logical volume that the SAN software agent operates, receives from each storage drive the security token for the drive volume of the storage drive, and sends the security token for the drive volume of each storage drive to the SAN software agent.
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