| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7624206 |
RAID data storage system with SAS expansion |
November 24, 2009 |
| A data storage system has a chassis and a pair of printed circuit boards disposed in the chassis. Each one of the pair of printed circuit boards has disposed thereon a processor, a translator controlled by the processor, a SAS expander having a bidirectional front end port and multip |
| 7620720 |
Methods and apparatus for deallocation of resources |
November 17, 2009 |
| Initially, a processing device receives a selection of one or more resources to be deallocated from a storage area network. The processing device applies a traversal function to a repository of managed objects representing the resources in the storage area network to identify other r |
| 7555719 |
Methods and apparatus for displaying data storage management information |
June 30, 2009 |
| A graphical user interface displays management information associated with one or more selected managed entities along with a drill down menu. The drill down menu includes selectable drill down options corresponding to respective drill down functions. Based on selection of a drill down |
| 7549002 |
Enclosure numbering in RAID data storage systems |
June 16, 2009 |
| Enclosure numbering is performed in redundant array of independent disk (RAID) data storage systems. If first, second, and third boards in an enclosure indicate a first enclosure number, the enclosure is indicated as having the first enclosure number. If at least the first and second |
| 7502669 |
Apparatus and method for graphically displaying disk drive enclosures and cabling in a data stor |
March 10, 2009 |
| A data storage system is configured to provide a graphical display that shows the user a logical schematic of interconnected disk enclosures of a data storage system along with any erroneous connections among the disk enclosures. The graphical display, therefore, allows the user to visua |
| 7401137 |
Methods and apparatus for application of management actions to resources sharing relationships |
July 15, 2008 |
| In a network management application, a system applies a management action to a resource by receiving a selection of a resource representation in a network environment that represents a resource to which a management action is to be applied. The system applies a series of resource tra |
| 7377800 |
RAID data storage system having keyed SAS expansion cables |
May 27, 2008 |
| A data storage system has a first and second chassis. Each of tow datapaths has a keyed front end datapath point connected to a keyed expansion point of a respective SAS expander of the first chassis, and has a keyed backend datapath point connected to a keyed front end expansion poi |
| 7315985 |
Methods and apparatus for managing network resources using a network topology view |
January 1, 2008 |
| Mechanisms and techniques provide a system for visualization of manageable network resources in a graphical user interface. The system displays a host element in a host display area, a storage element in a storage display area, and a connectivity element in a network display area of the |
| 7032186 |
Methods and apparatus for representing resources in a computing system environment |
April 18, 2006 |
| A computer system and method provide a systems for representing resource(s) in a computing system environment by creating an object to represent a resource in the computing system environment and assigning an object identifier to the object. The object identifier includes at least a |
| 6978422 |
Methods and apparatus for displaying managed resource information |
December 20, 2005 |
| Methods and apparatus operate in a computer system for managing resources and provide a method for displaying managed object data associated with managed resources. Embodiments of the invention retrieve a data dictionary containing a master view definition, task definitions, view definit |
| 6966033 |
Methods and apparatus for graphically managing resources |
November 15, 2005 |
| Mechanisms and techniques are disclosed that provide a graphical user interface and associated processing operations for performing management of resources in a network environment such as a storage area network. In one configuration, the system displays a plurality of resource tasks in |
| 6636250 |
Methods and apparatus for presenting information to a user of a computer system |
October 21, 2003 |
| The invention provides a graphical user interface which can use a hierarchical form or style of presentation to depict and display hierarchical and non-hierarchical relationships and objects. In one configuration, the system of the invention displays icons on a graphical user interfa |
| 5497421 |
Method and apparatus for protecting the confidentiality of passwords in a distributed data proce |
March 5, 1996 |
| Apparatus for protecting the confidentiality of a user's password during a remote login authentication exchange between a user node and a directory service node of a distributed, public key cryptography system includes a specialized server application functioning as an intermediary agent |
| 5491752 |
System for increasing the difficulty of password guessing attacks in a distributed authenticatio |
February 13, 1996 |
| An improved security system inhibits eavesdropping, dictionary attacks, and intrusion into stored password lists. In one implementation, the user provides a workstation with a "password", and a "token" obtained from a passive authentication token generator. The workstation calculates a |
| 5418854 |
Method and apparatus for protecting the confidentiality of passwords in a distributed data proce |
May 23, 1995 |
| Apparatus for protecting the confidentiality of a user's password during a remote login authentication exchange between a user node and a directory service node of a distributed, public key cryptography system includes a specialized server application functioning as an intermediary agent |
