Storage area network methods and apparatus for display and management of a hierarchical file system extension policy
US6854035B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage area network (SAN), e.g., as described above, includes a one or more hosts digital data processors, each having a file system that effects access to one or more storage devices. Each processor is associated with multiple groups from respective levels of a hierarchy, e.g., a first processor group and a second processor group hierarchically descendant from the first processor group. A process, e.g., executing on a manager digital data processor, includes a graphical user interface that displays the processor groups as a hierarchical tree. Along, for example, with the identities of the processor groups, nodes of the displayed tree list attributes of the policy defined for each respective group.
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