Method and apparatus for perfoming boot, maintenance, or install operations on a storage area network

A storage area network and startup device technology, applied in the storage area network field, can solve problems such as low efficiency and time-consuming

Active Publication Date: 2005-02-02
INT BUSINESS MASCH CORP
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It is time-consuming and inefficient to configure a large number of devices in order to configure a boot device

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[0015] Referring now to the attached drawings, figure 1 A graphical representation of a storage area network (SAN) data processing system in which the present invention can be implemented is described. The SAN data processing system 100 is a computer network in which the present invention can be implemented. The network data processing system 100 includes a storage area network 102, which is a medium used to provide communication links between various devices and computers connected together in the network data processing system 100. The network 102 may include connections such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables.

[0016] In the described example, computer A 104, computer B 106, and computer C 108 are connected to the SAN structure 102 along with many storage devices. Many devices may include disk array 112, disk drive 114, tape drive 116, and optical drive 118. The SAN data processing system 100 may include more computers and other storage devices not ...

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A mechanism is provided for configuring a set of devices for a given machine attached to a storage area network. The initial program load firmware and network adapter firmware for each machine on the storage area network are modified to query a storage area network appliance for lists of devices. The storage area network appliance may be identified by a world wide name and may store lists of boot devices, root volume group devices, primary devices, and secondary devices for each machine on the storage area network. The storage area network appliance then listens for queries and returns the appropriate list of devices based on query type and / or boot type. The boot type for a machine may be set to normal boot, maintenance boot, or install boot.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to a storage area network. Specifically, the present invention provides a method, device, and program for performing startup, maintenance, or installation operations on a storage area network. Background technique [0002] A storage area network (SAN) is a network of storage disks. In large enterprises, SAN connects multiple servers to a centralized disk storage pool. Compared with managing hundreds or thousands of servers (each server has its own disk), SAN improves system management. By treating all storage as a single resource, disk maintenance and routine backups are easier to schedule and control. In some SANs, the disk itself can copy data to other disks for backup without incurring any processing overhead on the host computer. [0003] With the help of a SAN network, data can be transferred between the computer and the disk, and the peripheral channel speed is the same as when they are directly connected. Fibre Channel is the dr...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F13/10G06F3/06G06F9/445G06F12/00G06F15/16G06F15/177H04L12/24H04L29/08
CPCH04L41/0893H04L67/1097G06F9/4416H04L41/0806G06F15/16
Inventor 苏珊·科奥赫恩杰拉尔德·F·麦克布拉尔迪肖恩·P·玛伦杰西卡·凯莱·玛利洛约翰尼·M·施尔
Owner INT BUSINESS MASCH CORP
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