Self-contained server appliance designed to install in a storage area network (SAN), namely, interceptor appliance in the nature of a computer server designed to be installed in a fibre-channel-based storage area network between a server and a storage device to identify a first port of the storage device, use a first identifier of the first port of the storage device to communicate with a switch in the network and obtain a second identifier of a second port of the server from the switch, use ...

Self-contained server appliance designed to install in a storage area network (SAN), namely, interceptor appliance in the nature of a computer server designed to be installed in a fibre-channel-based storage area network between a server and a storage device to identify a first port of the storage device, use a first identifier of the first port of the storage device to communicate with a switch in the network and obtain a second identifier of a second port of the server from the switch, use ...