Synchronization and auditing of zone configuration data in storage-area networks
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Mar 8, 2011
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Mar 28, 2003
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Many storage-area networks (SANs) are structured so that an end-user or client-computer can access data on one or more target storage devices through a storage router and a separate Fiber Channel (FC) switch. However, the conventional use of a separate FC switch to couple the storage router makes it difficult and time consuming to restore zone configuration of the FC switch. Accordingly, the present inventor devised, among other things, an exemplary method of automatically maintaining and synchronizing a copy of zone configuration data for an FC switch. Through these and/or other features, the exemplary embodiment ultimately reduces the cost and complexities associated with implementing storage-area networks.
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