| US 7,502,898 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for managing access to storage devices in a storage system with access control | ||
| Steven M. Blumenau, Holliston, Mass. (US); John T. Fitzgerald, Mansfield, Mass. (US); and John F. Madden, Jr., Holden, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/636,151. | ||
| Application 11/636151 is a continuation of application No. 09/751684, filed on Dec. 29, 2000, granted, now 7,165,152. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0083657 A1, Apr. 12, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—152 [711/151; 711/153; 711/154] | 56 Claims |
| 1. A method for managing access to a shared resource by a plurality of devices that are coupled to the shred resource via
a network, the method including acts of:
(a) in response to a non-media access request by a first of the plurality of devices to discover a logical device at the shared
resource for which the first device has no data access privileges, determining whether the first device is authorized to have
non-media access to the logical device; and
(b) authorizing the non-media access request when it is determined in the act (a) that the first device is authorized to have
non-media access to the logical device, wherein the shared resource is a storage system, and the logical device is a logical
volume of data;
wherein the act (a) comprises, in response to the non media access request by the first device to the logical volume of data
at the storage system for which the first device has no data access privileges, determining whether the first device is authorized
to have non-media access to the logical volume; and
wherein the act (b) includes an act of authorizing the non media access request when it is determined in the act (a) that
the first device is authorized to have non-media access to the logical volume.
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