Network converter and information processing system

Abstract

A network converter connected to an information processing device and a storage device so as to be communicable including a conversion table storage section which stores combinations of iSCSI names of the information processing device and the storage device and WWNs (World Wide Name) of the information processing device and the storage device in a conversion table, a first identification number conversion section which converts the iSCSI names into the WWNs according to contents stored in the conversion table, and a second identification number conversion section which converts the WWNs into the iSCSI names according to contents stored in the conversion table.

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       12 . A computer connected via a network to a storage device and to a network converter connecting the storage device to an information processing device comprising: 
 a central processing unit (processor);    a memory;    an input section; and    an output section,    wherein the input section receives first information relating to a combination of a storage region of the storage device and the information processing device,    wherein the memory stores the first information,    wherein the processor, based on the first information, determines an identifier (first identifier) according to a protocol (first protocol) in a network which connects the storage device and the network converter, with respect to the information processing device corresponding to a storage region of the storage device, and sends information of a combination of the first identifier and the storage region to the storage device via the output section,    wherein the processor, based on the first information, determines an identifier (second identifier) according to a protocol (second protocol) in a second network connecting the information processing device and the network converter, with respect to the storage device corresponding to the information processing device corresponding to the first identifier, and notifies information relating to a combination of the first identifier and the second identifier to the network converter.    
   
   
       13 . A computer according to  claim 12 , 
 wherein the processor obtains information of the second identifier allocated to the storage device via the input section, and based on the information of the second identifier, determines the second identifier corresponding to the first identifier.    
   
   
       14 . A computer according to  claim 12 , 
 wherein the processor obtains information relating to the first identifier allocated to the information processing device via the input section, and based on the information of the first identifier, determines the first identifier.    
   
   
       15 . A computer according to  claim 14 , 
 wherein the second protocol is an iSCSI protocol, and the second identifier is an iSCSI name.    
   
   
       16 . A computer according to  claim 15 , 
 wherein the first protocol is a Fibre Channel protocol, and the first identifier is a Node_Name.    
   
   
       17 . A computer according to  claim 15 , 
 wherein the first protocol is a Fibre Channel protocol, and the first identifier is an N_Port_Name.    
   
   
       18 . A computer according to  claim 15 , 
 wherein the first protocol is a Fibre Channel protocol, and the first identifier is a combination of a Node_Name and an N_Port_Name.    
   
   
       19 . A computer connected via network to a storage device, and to a network converter connected via a Fibre Channel network to the storage device and connected via an internet protocol network to an information processing device, respectively, comprising: 
 a central processing unit (processor);    a memory;    an input section; and    an output section,    wherein the input section receives first information relating to a combination of a logic unit number (LUN) allocated to a storage region of the storage device and an iSCSI name allocated to the information processing device,    wherein the memory stores the first information,    wherein the processor, based on the first information, determines a world wide name (WWN) which is an identifier of a Fibre Channel with respect to the information processing device corresponding to the LUN, and sends information of a combination of the WWN and LUN to the storage device via the output section, and    wherein the processor, based on the first information, determines an iSCSI name with respect to the storage device corresponding to the information processing device to which the WWN is allocated, and notifies information relating to a combination of the WWN and the iSCSI name allocated to the storage device to the network converter.