Methods and system for integrating SAN servers
US7668924B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Multiple servers such as a main server as well as one or more corresponding sub-servers manage configuration information associated with a storage area network. A sub-server operates differently depending on whether the sub-server has been “integrated” with a main server in the storage area network. For example, in response to detecting a presence of a main server in the storage area network and that the corresponding sub-server has been integrated with the main server, a respective sub-server initiates execution of at least a portion of function calls associated with a respective service at the main server in lieu of executing the function calls locally at the respective sub-server. In the absence of the main server and/or integration, the sub-server operates independently and executes function calls locally rather than forward function calls associated with a respective service to the main server.
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