Patents by Inventor Anne Marie Merritt

Anne Marie Merritt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Discovery of storage area network devices for a virtual machine
    Patent number: 9003027
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for discovering a plurality of storage area network (SAN) devices for a virtual machine. At a SAN device of the plurality of SAN devices, physically adjacent SAN devices connected to the SAN device are discovered. The physically adjacent SAN devices connected to the SAN device are registered at a name server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Samdeep Nayak, Wenhua Liu, Chiao-Chuan Shih, Anne Marie Merritt, Xiangdong G. Huang
  • Management of a virtual machine in a storage area network environment
    Patent number: 8825851
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for management of a virtual machine in a storage area network (SAN) environment. A plurality of SAN devices for the virtual machine are discovered by a management server. Performance statistics for the plurality of SAN devices are monitored at the management server. Health of the virtual machine is determined based at least in part on the performance statistics for the plurality of SAN devices at the management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Samdeep Nayak, Wenhua Liu, Chiao-Chuan Shih, Anne Marie Merritt, Xiangdong G. Huang
  • MANAGEMENT OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE IN A STORAGE AREA NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140052844
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for management of a virtual machine in a storage area network (SAN) environment. A plurality of SAN devices for the virtual machine are discovered by a management server. Performance statistics for the plurality of SAN devices are monitored at the management server. Health of the virtual machine is determined based at least in part on the performance statistics for the plurality of SAN devices at the management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Samdeep NAYAK, Wenhua LIU, Chiao-Chuan SHIH, Anne Marie MERRITT, Xiangdong G. HUANG
  • DISCOVERY OF STORAGE AREA NETWORK DEVICES FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140052845
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for discovering a plurality of storage area network (SAN) devices for a virtual machine. At a SAN device of the plurality of SAN devices, physically adjacent SAN devices connected to the SAN device are discovered. The physically adjacent SAN devices connected to the SAN device are registered at a name server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Samdeep NAYAK, Wenhua Liu, Chiao-Chuan Shih, Anne Marie Merritt, Xiangdong G. Huang
  • Tunneling management messages over a channel architecture network
    Patent number: 6799220
    Abstract: A technique for sending a legacy message over a channel architecture network to a remote legacy device is provided. A host node identifies address information for a legacy object that is located on or within a subnetwork that is beyond the channel architecture network. The address information may include a subnetwork ID to identify the subnetwork and a MAC address of the object within the subnetwork, for example. The host node segments a legacy message (such as management message or SNMP message) into one or more message segments. Each segment is encapsulated in a cell including the address information for the legacy object. A channel adapter in the host node transmits each cell to a channel adapter at a remote I/O node. The I/O node includes a proxy agent that reassembles the legacy message and the sends the reassembled message to the legacy object over a legacy transport (e.g., using protocols and cell formats native to or compatible with the second network).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anne Marie Merritt, William H. Swortwood