公开(公告)号：US20060212719A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-21

申请号：US11179748

申请日：2005-07-13

申请人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Shigeru Miyake

发明人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Shigeru Miyake

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F2206/1012 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/40

摘要： In a storage session management system in a storage area network, the session information blocks periodically collected from the storage devices in the network are grouped based on the information indicating the relation between sessions. That is, since a storage session management server in the management system integrally manages constitution information and operation information, when there is a possibility that circumstances such as a failure and the deterioration of performance occur in information devices, a failure notification module displays such circumstances and makes notification of them to a minimum necessary range that is consolidated by a session consolidation module, thereby a storage session can be managed without applying loads on the respective information devices and the network.

摘要翻译： 在存储区域网络中的存储会话管理系统中，基于指示会话之间的关系的信息，对从网络中的存储设备周期性收集的会话信息块进行分组。 也就是说，由于管理系统中的存储会话管理服务器整体地管理构成信息和操作信息，所以当存在诸如故障和性能恶化的情况发生在信息设备中的可能性时，故障通知模块显示这种情况， 将它们通知由会话合并模块合并的最小必要范围，从而可以在不在相应的信息设备和网络上施加负载的情况下管理存储会话。

公开(公告)号：US20060072608A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-06

申请号：US11012132

申请日：2004-12-16

申请人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Shigeru Miyake ,  Kiminori Sugauchi

发明人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Shigeru Miyake ,  Kiminori Sugauchi

IPC分类号： H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097 ,  H04J3/1682 ,  H04L67/14

摘要： The band controller 500 included in the computer system 1000 regularly acquires map information and IF information, etc. from the work server 100, the storage device 200, and the routers 300 and 400, and based on these pieces of information, detects iSCSI sessions for which the communication band is insufficient. When an iSCSI session with insufficient band is detected, the band controller 500 selects another iSCSI session to perform band allocation based on the iSCSI session importance level or the circuit use-rate. The band controller 500 allocates at least part of the communication band of the network route used by the iSCSI session selected in this way to the iSCSI session with insufficient band. The computer system 1000 performs efficient data transfer in storage area networks on which many variations of communication band exist.

摘要翻译： 包括在计算机系统1000中的频带控制器500从工作服务器100，存储设备200和路由器300和400定期地获取地图信息和IF信息等，并且基于这些信息，检测iSCSI会话 通信频段不足。 当检测到带宽不足的iSCSI会话时，频带控制器500基于iSCSI会话重要性级别或电路使用率，选择另一个iSCSI会话来执行频带分配。 频带控制器500将以这种方式选择的iSCSI会话使用的网络路由的至少部分通信频带分配给具有不足频带的iSCSI会话。 计算机系统1000在存在多个通信频带变化的存储区域网络中执行有效的数据传输。

公开(公告)号：US07949882B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-24

申请号：US11179748

申请日：2005-07-13

申请人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Shigeru Miyake

发明人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Shigeru Miyake

IPC分类号： G06F11/30 ,  G06F21/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F2206/1012 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/40

摘要： In a storage session management system in a storage area network, the session information blocks periodically collected from the storage devices in the network are grouped based on the information indicating the relation between sessions. That is, since a storage session management server in the management system integrally manages constitution information and operation information, when there is a possibility that circumstances such as a failure and the deterioration of performance occur in information devices, a failure notification module displays such circumstances and makes notification of them to a minimum necessary range that is consolidated by a session consolidation module, thereby a storage session can be managed without applying loads on the respective information devices and the network.

摘要翻译： 在存储区域网络中的存储会话管理系统中，基于指示会话之间的关系的信息，对从网络中的存储设备周期性收集的会话信息块进行分组。 也就是说，由于管理系统中的存储会话管理服务器整体地管理构成信息和操作信息，所以当存在诸如故障和性能恶化的情况发生在信息设备中的可能性时，故障通知模块显示这种情况， 将它们通知由会话合并模块合并的最小必要范围，从而可以在不在相应的信息设备和网络上施加负载的情况下管理存储会话。

公开(公告)号：US20060050630A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-09

申请号：US10988590

申请日：2004-11-16

申请人： Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Atsushi Ueoka ,  Toui Miyawaki ,  Jun Mizuno

发明人： Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Atsushi Ueoka ,  Toui Miyawaki ,  Jun Mizuno

IPC分类号： H04J1/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097

摘要： In a system which manages path information and status of network with respect to a path being used for access to a storage apparatus and has a redundant path, when a fault occurs in the network, whether or not the path can be recovered by rerouting in network apparatuses is discriminated, thereby performing proper path switching. Construction information and the path information of the network are managed as information of the path which is being used for a storage access by a management server. Further, when the access path is made redundant, the management server obtains fault information in the network and information showing whether or not the path is being reconstructed from the network apparatuses, thereby discriminating the necessity of the path switching. If the path switching is necessary, the management server notifies a host computer and the storage apparatus of it and each apparatus executes a switching process.

公开(公告)号：US07562109B2

公开(公告)日：2009-07-14

申请号：US10866402

申请日：2004-06-10

申请人： Atsushi Ueoka ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Jun Mizuno ,  Toui Miyawaki

发明人： Atsushi Ueoka ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Jun Mizuno ,  Toui Miyawaki

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F12/02

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L43/00

摘要： The present invention decreases the burden of operation required for specifying the continuity status and the cause of failure of a network storage device. A host computer accepts the specification of the device identifier, that is an identifier of the network storage device in the host protocol which positions in a higher hierarchy than the network communication protocol, and a volume identifier, that is an identifier of the volume. Then based on the specified device identifier, the host computer specifies the network identifier, that is an identifier of the network storage device in the network communication protocol. And continuity is confirmed in the network communication protocol in which the specified network identifier is the destination. Also continuity is confirmed in the host protocol in which the device identifier is the destination. And the volume specified by the volume identifier is accessed.

摘要翻译： 本发明减少了指定网络存储设备的连续性状态和故障原因所需的操作负担。 主计算机接受设备标识符的规范，即作为位于比网络通信协议更高层次的主机协议中的网络存储设备的标识符，以及作为卷的标识符的卷标识符。 然后，基于指定的设备标识符，主机指定网络标识符，即网络通信协议中的网络存储设备的标识符。 在指定的网络标识符是目的地的网络通信协议中确认连续性。 在设备标识符是目的地的主机协议中也确认连续性。 并且访问由卷标识符指定的卷。

公开(公告)号：US20070079062A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-05

申请号：US11283871

申请日：2005-11-22

申请人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki

发明人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/067 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L43/0817 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： In an IP-SAN, instead of the presence or absence of mount/unmount requests, the actual mount/unmount status of storages is determined by monitoring session information of the storage apparatus and communicated to a mount reservation server. Change of access status is communicated in an accurate and real-time manner to the user terminal or management server that uses disk resources. This solves a problem that stoppage of access cannot be detected when the presence or absence of access to the storage apparatus is determined only by the mount/unmount request. The invention also solves a problem that, when the mounting is broken down due to any failure, a computer requesting to use the disk resources cannot access the disk despite its mount request.

摘要翻译： 在IP-SAN中，代替安装/卸载请求的存在或不存在，通过监视存储设备的会话信息并传送到安装预订服务器来确定存储的实际安装/卸载状态。 访问状态的更改以准确和实时的方式传送到使用磁盘资源的用户终端或管理服务器。 这解决了当仅通过安装/卸载请求确定对存储设备的存在或不存在时不能检测到访问停止的问题。 本发明还解决了当安装由于任何故障而分解时的问题，即使请求使用磁盘资源的计算机无法访问磁盘，尽管其安装请求。

公开(公告)号：US07619965B2

公开(公告)日：2009-11-17

申请号：US10988590

申请日：2004-11-16

申请人： Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Atsushi Ueoka ,  Toui Miyawaki ,  Jun Mizuno

发明人： Emiko Kobayashi ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Atsushi Ueoka ,  Toui Miyawaki ,  Jun Mizuno

IPC分类号： G01R31/08

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097

摘要： In a system which manages path information and status of network with respect to a path being used for access to a storage apparatus and has a redundant path, when a fault occurs in the network, whether or not the path can be recovered by rerouting in network apparatuses is discriminated, thereby performing proper path switching. Construction information and the path information of the network are managed as information of the path which is being used for a storage access by a management server. Further, when the access path is made redundant, the management server obtains fault information in the network and information showing whether or not the path is being reconstructed from the network apparatuses, thereby discriminating the necessity of the path switching. If the path switching is necessary, the management server notifies a host computer and the storage apparatus of it and each apparatus executes a switching process.

摘要翻译： 在管理相对于用于访问存储装置的路径的路径信息和网络状态并具有冗余路径的系统中，当网络中发生故障时，是否可以通过在网络中重新路由来恢复路径 鉴别装置，从而执行适当的路径切换。 构建信息和网络的路径信息作为用于由管理服务器进行存储访问的路径的信息进行管理。 此外，当访问路径变得冗余时，管理服务器获得网络中的故障信息，并且从网络装置获取表示是否正在重建路径的信息，从而区分路径切换的必要性。 如果路径切换是必要的，则管理服务器通知主计算机及其存储装置，并且每个装置执行切换处理。

公开(公告)号：US20060036818A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-16

申请号：US10959971

申请日：2004-10-08

申请人： Jun Mizuno ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Atsushi Ueoka ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Toui Miyawaki

发明人： Jun Mizuno ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Atsushi Ueoka ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Toui Miyawaki

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0622 ,  G06F3/0637 ,  G06F3/067

摘要： To provide a storage connection changing method for a storage management system of setting and releasing an external connection between a primary storage system and an external storage system in a storage system, the storage management system includes a computer, the primary storage system, the external storage system, a network device, and a management device which manages the computer, the primary storage system, the external storage system, and the network device. The management device obtains a communication group information for limiting a communicable range between the computer and the storage systems from the network device, upon receiving of a request for changing an external connection state, And the management device generates a communication group information after the changing of the external connection state based on the request for changing the external connection state and the obtained communication group information.

摘要翻译： 为了提供存储管理系统的存储连接改变方法，用于在存储系统中的主存储系统和外部存储系统之间设置和释放外部连接，存储管理系统包括计算机，主存储系统，外部存储 系统，网络设备和管理计算机，主存储系统，外部存储系统和网络设备的管理设备。 管理装置在接收到改变外部连接状态的请求时，从网络装置获取用于限制计算机和存储系统之间的可通信范围的通信组信息，并且管理装置在改变之后生成通信组信息 基于改变外部连接状态的请求的外部连接状态和获得的通信组信息。

公开(公告)号：US07346924B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-18

申请号：US10852400

申请日：2004-05-25

申请人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi

发明人： Toui Miyawaki ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Emiko Kobayashi

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04L29/12113 ,  H04L29/12066 ,  H04L61/1511 ,  H04L61/1541 ,  H04L63/0209 ,  H04L63/0218 ,  H04L63/102 ,  H04L63/1441 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： In order to remove security vulnerability in an IP-SAN and eliminate unauthorized access by spoofing, firewalls are installed in valid user servers and storage devices, and a distributed firewall manager for managing the firewalls integrally is provided in the IP-SAN. The distributed firewall manager obtains discovery domain information from an iSNS server, determines nodes registered in the iSNS server as the nodes of valid users, and autocreates a security policy according to sets consisting of an iSCSI name and portal information. This security policy is distributed to all of the firewalls as a common policy, whereupon access control is executed to deny TCP connection requests from unauthorized access sources.

摘要翻译： 为了消除IP-SAN中的安全漏洞，通过欺骗消除未经授权的访问，防火墙安装在有效的用户服务器和存储设备中，并在IP-SAN中提供了一体化管理防火墙的分布式防火墙管理器。 分布式防火墙管理员从iSNS服务器获取发现域信息，将在iSNS服务器中注册的节点确定为有效用户的节点，并根据iSCSI名称和门户信息组合自动创建安全策略。 该安全策略作为通用策略分发给所有防火墙，由此执行访问控制以拒绝来自未经授权的访问源的TCP连接请求。

公开(公告)号：US20060095656A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-04

申请号：US10988492

申请日：2004-11-16

申请人： Atsushi Ueoka ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Jun Mizuno ,  Toui Miyawaki

发明人： Atsushi Ueoka ,  Takeshi Ishizaki ,  Kiminori Sugauchi ,  Emiko Kobayashi ,  Jun Mizuno ,  Toui Miyawaki

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1097

摘要： The invention provides a management system solving the problems of the storage area network shared among plural devices, which was incapable of guaranteeing communication performances due to varied response time, and which required unstable time for accessing volumes. The storage area network management system comprises plural information processing devices 21, plural storage devices 41, a network with plural network equipments 31 to which is configured a network bandwidth used for communication between information processing devices 21 and storage devices 41, and a management device 1, wherein management device 1 comprises a data storage device 10 for storing a connection structure information and a performance information of paths of the network equipments 31 and a performance information and a capacity information of storage devices 41, and a storage selection means 13 for selecting a storage device 41 for allocating a volume to information processing device 21, and upon allocating a volume to information processing device 21, storage selection means 13 selects, based on the information stored in data storage device 10, storage device 41 fulfilling the performance and the volume capacity required by information processing device 21 and also having on its path network equipment 31 to which is configured the network bandwidth required for the communication with information processing device 21.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种解决多个设备共享的存储区域网络的问题的管理系统，其由于响应时间的不同而不能保证通信性能，并且需要用于访问卷的不稳定时间。 存储区域网络管理系统包括多个信息处理设备21，多个存储设备41，具有被配置为用于信息处理设备21和存储设备41之间的通信的网络带宽的多个网络设备31的网络以及管理设备1 其中管理装置1包括用于存储网络设备31的连接结构信息和路径的性能信息的数据存储装置10以及存储装置41的性能信息和容量信息，以及存储选择装置13，用于选择 存储装置41，用于向信息处理装置21分配卷，并且在向信息处理装置21分配卷时，存储选择装置13基于存储在数据存储装置10中的信息，选择满足性能和卷的存储装置41 信息处理装置21和等所要求的容量 因此在其路径网络设备31上配置有与信息处理设备21进行通信所需的网络带宽。