Apparatus and methods for data tapping in a storage area network

作者: Roy M. D'cruz , Samar Sharma , Prashant Billore , Sanjaya Kumar , Thomas J. Edsall

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摘要: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for data tapping within a storage area network (SAN) providing tapped to third party device, such as an appliance. In general, mechanisms provided in SAN allow tap of flowing between initiator target. one implementation, virtual target (DVT) (314) created device (304) intercept sent by specific (302) logical unit (306). The or copy the (316) is both routing may be accomplished use (VI) (313), which configured send (or data) transparent mode operations, DVT has same PWWN (port world wide name) FCID (fibre channel identifier) first proxy operation, different than second