| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7603458 |
System and methods for processing and displaying aggregate status events for remote nodes |
October 13, 2009 |
| A status monitoring and reporting mechanism which distinguishes more significant events and prominently displays events pertaining to nodes, interconnections, and other network entities which may present problems, and to suppresses benign messages which may not require immediate atte |
| 7571387 |
Methods and apparatus facilitating management of a SAN |
August 4, 2009 |
| A resource manager (e.g., a computer, a software application, etc.) initiates display of a list of managed objects associated with respective resources in a storage area network. The resource manager then receives a command from a user viewing the list to display view mode options as |
| 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 |
| 7523187 |
Methods and apparatus for managing network resources |
April 21, 2009 |
| A processing device displays a physical network topology associated with a storage area network on a display screen. The physical network topology generated by the processing device includes identification of at least one switch resource that supports connectivity among resources in a |
| 7478107 |
Methods and apparatus facilitating management of a SAN |
January 13, 2009 |
| A resource manager generates a graphical user interface that enables a user to manage a configuration of the storage area network via a guided mode in which a graphical user interface displays a set of automatically generated operations to be performed by the user to execute a storage |
| 7475363 |
Methods and apparatus for viewing network resources |
January 6, 2009 |
| A processing device displays icons in a first region of a display screen. The icons represent managed resources associated with a storage system. The processing device receives a selection from a user of a resource identified on the display screen. Based on the selection, the processing |
| 7437676 |
Methods and apparatus for managing network resources via use of a relationship view |
October 14, 2008 |
| A processing device generates a relationship view of managed entities in a storage area network based on objects stored in a relational database. Each managed entity (e.g., file system, database, volume, storage device, etc.) in the storage area network has a corresponding managed object |
| 7376898 |
Methods and apparatus for managing resources |
May 20, 2008 |
| A processing device receives a selection of at least one host resource associated with a storage area network as selected by a network manager. In addition to receiving the selection of the at least one host resource, the processing device receives a selection of at least one storage |
| 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 |
| 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 |
