Policy-based validation of SAN configuration

被引：8

作者：

Agrawal, D ^{[1
]}

Giles, J ^{[1
]}

Lee, KW ^{[1
]}

Voruganti, K ^{[1
]}

Fijali-Adib, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] IBM Corp, Thomas J Watson Res Ctr, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598 USA

来源：

FIFTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON POLICIES FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS, PROCEEDINGS | 2004年

关键词：

D O I：

10.1109/POLICY.2004.1309152

中图分类号：

TP301 [理论、方法];

学科分类号：

081202 ;

摘要：

Historically, storage has been directly connected to servers for fast local access and easy configuration. In recent years, storage area networks (SANs) have defined an alternative storage paradigm that allows storage to be shared among servers using fast interconnects. One of the key challenges of SAN management is the large number of configuration problems that are encountered in a typical SAN deployment. These configuration problems can be addressed by SAN management software. However hard-coding the SAN configuration rules into the management software is not a viable option since it is not possible to easily modify or replace old configuration rules and specify new policies and guidelines. In this paper we propose a novel policy-based SAN configuration validation system that can be used to specify, store, and evaluate configuration policies for SANs. We also introduce five new operators for collection policies that are useful for evaluating a wide variety of practical SAN configuration policies found in practice. The policy-based SAN configuration checking approach proposed in this paper is discussed within the context of device interoperability constraints. However this approach is extensible as it can also be used to enforce performance, reliability, and security-related configuration constraints.

引用

页码：77 / 86

页数：10

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