| US 7,555,600 B2 | ||
| Storage apparatus and configuration setting method | ||
| Kashie Araki, Odawara (Japan); Masanobu Yamamoto, Odawara (Japan); Tomoyuki Kato, Odawara (Japan); and Kei Sato, Chigasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/592,210. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-249004 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0071984 A1, Mar. 20, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—114 | 14 Claims |
| 1. A storage apparatus having a plurality of physical devices for storing data sent from a host system, comprising:
a physical device group setting unit for setting a physical device group from said plurality of physical devices based on
a policy file which lists matters to be operated and set by an administrator as parameters in advance, and information on
said physical devices;
a first logical device setting unit for setting a first logical device from said physical device group based on information
on said physical device group and said policy file set with said physical device group setting unit; and
a second logical device setting unit for setting a second logical device from said first logical device based the information
on said first logical device and said policy file set with said first logical device setting unit.
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