Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Namba
Tatsuo Namba 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).
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Patent number: 8156315Abstract: Provided is a service processor (SVP) 10 that validates a configuration of a storage system 1 having a server device 30, a storage device 20 providing the server device with a storage area, and a FC switch 40 coupling the storage device 20 and the server device 30.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Naoshi Nishi, Tatsuo Namba, Masanobu Ikeda
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Publication number: 20110321177Abstract: Provided is a service processor (SVP) 10 that validates a configuration of a storage system 1 having a server device 30, a storage device 20 providing the server device with a storage area, and a FC switch 40 coupling the storage device 20 and the server device 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Naoshi Nishi, Tatsuo Namba, Masanobu Ikeda
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Patent number: 7822894Abstract: The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host 1 is connected to the switch 2, the attribute information of HBA 1A and the attribute information of the switch 2 are stored in the connection information storage unit 2C by FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) (S1, S2). Each attribute information is associated with each other and is managed as combination information. The storage device 3 acquires the combination information from the switch 2 (S3, S4), and requests the management device 4 to judge the reliability of this combination (S5). The management device 4 judges the combination of the HBA and the switch (S6), and notifies this judgment result to the storage device 3 (S7).Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, LtdInventors: Toru Harima, Tatsuo Namba, Katsuhiro Uchiumi, Naoki Futawatari, Itaru Isobe
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Publication number: 20080052433Abstract: The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host 1 is connected to the switch 2, the attribute information of HBA 1A and the attribute information of the switch 2 are stored in the connection information storage unit 2C by FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) (S1, S2). Each attribute information is associated with each other and is managed as combination information. The storage device 3 acquires the combination information from the switch 2 (S3, S4), and requests the management device 4 to judge the reliability of this combination (S5). The management device 4 judges the combination of the HBA and the switch (S6), and notifies this judgment result to the storage device 3 (S7).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventors: Toru Harima, Tatsuo Namba, Katsuhiro Uchiumi, Naoki Futawatari, Itaru Isobe
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Patent number: 7302506Abstract: The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host 1 is connected to the switch 2, the attribute information of HBA 1A and the attribute information of the switch 2 are stored in the connection information storage unit 2C by FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) (S1, S2). Each attribute information is associated with each other and is managed as combination information. The storage device 3 acquires the combination information from the switch 2 (S3, S4), and requests the management device 4 to judge the reliability of this combination (S5). The management device 4 judges the combination of the HBA and the switch (S6), and notifies this judgment result to the storage device 3 (S7).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Harima, Tatsuo Namba, Katsuhiro Uchiumi, Naoki Futawatari, Itaru Isobe
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Publication number: 20070124520Abstract: The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host 1 is connected to the switch 2, the attribute information of HBA 1A and the attribute information of the switch 2 are stored in the connection information storage unit 2C by FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) (S1, S2). Each attribute information is associated with each other and is managed as combination information. The storage device 3 acquires the combination information from the switch 2 (S3, S4), and requests the management device 4 to judge the reliability of this combination (S5). The management device 4 judges the combination of the HBA and the switch (S6), and notifies this judgment result to the storage device 3 (S7).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2007Publication date: May 31, 2007Inventors: Toru Harima, Tatsuo Namba, Katsuhiro Uchiumi, Naoki Futawatari, Itaru Isobe
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Patent number: 7188201Abstract: The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host 1 is connected to the switch 2, the attribute information of HBA 1A and the attribute information of the switch 2 are stored in the connection information storage unit 2C by FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) (S1, S2). Each attribute information is associated with each other and is managed as combination information. The storage device 3 acquires the combination information from the switch 2 (S3, S4), and requests the management device 4 to judge the reliability of this combination (S5). The management device 4 judges the combination of the HBA and the switch (S6), and notifies this judgment result to the storage device 3 (S7).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Harima, Tatsuo Namba, Katsuhiro Uchiumi, Naoki Futawatari, Itaru Isobe
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Publication number: 20060136633Abstract: The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host 1 is connected to the switch 2, the attribute information of HBA 1A and the attribute information of the switch 2 are stored in the connection information storage unit 2C by FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) (S1, S2). Each attribute information is associated with each other and is managed as combination information. The storage device 3 acquires the combination information from the switch 2 (S3, S4), and requests the management device 4 to judge the reliability of this combination (S5). The management device 4 judges the combination of the HBA and the switch (S6), and notifies this judgment result to the storage device 3 (S7).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Inventors: Toru Harima, Tatsuo Namba, Katsuhiro Uchiumi, Naoki Futawatari, Itaru Isobe
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Patent number: 5689481Abstract: A method of accessing a multifile storage medium and a library system. The library system includes recording/reproducing apparatuses for performing a recording/reproducing operation on the multifile storage medium, a plurality of recording/reproduction control units for controlling transaction of information with a host, a plurality of buffers provided between the recording/reproduction control units and the recording/reproducing apparatuses, a library control unit for controlling the whole library system, a directory for recording correspondence between the individual multifile recording media and a plurality of files stored therein, a shelf for housing the multifile storage media and handling devices. The plural buffers can be accessed independently of one another. Plural files are transferred between the buffers and the storage medium on a file-by-file basis. The access requests to the files are disposed of within the buffer.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1993Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Computer Peripherals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akiyori Tamura, Kazuaki Tanaka, Tatsuo Namba, Naoki Hirosawa