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Disk-array device having storage-device recognition and indentification of a storage area network link environment

US7120709B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 6, 2004
Grant dateOct 10, 2006
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/067
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk-array device includes an information managing database for acquiring link information among a server device, a switch device, and a storage device via the switch device so as to manage the link information in a combined manner, and a collection/analysis unit for retrieving and collecting desired combined information of the link information from the information managing database so as to analyze the desired combined information.

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