US 11,747,999 B1
Automated non-disruptive migration of hosts to an authenticated storage array connection
Peniel Charles, Bangalore (IN); Owen Crowley, Carrigaline (IE); and Manikandan Sethuraman, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,083.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0622 (2013.01) [G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
automatically generating unique authentication credentials;
selecting at least one host server from a plurality of host servers that access data maintained by a storage node;
selecting at least one uncredentialed path between the selected host server and the storage node, wherein the at least one uncredentialed path is defined by one or more ports of the selected host server and the storage node;
pausing data access on the selected path;
providing the unique authentication credentials to the storage node and the selected host server; and
using the unique authentication credentials with the selected path.