Method and system for dynamic binding in a storage area network
US7814274B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for dynamically binding a server to a remote disk in a data center is provided. In a data center, servers and storage devices that manage multiple remote disks communicate over a switched fabric by using a standard protocol suite. The servers, storage devices and the switched fabric constitute a Storage Area Network (SAN). The devices present on the SAN are assigned a virtual identity, independent of their physical identity. The virtual identity of the servers facilitates the dynamic instantiation of the server images located on multiple remote disks on the servers.
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