System and method for providing a common data model for SAN discovery and/or SAN monitoring information collected from heterogeneous SAN components. In one embodiment, a SAN management server may execute on a host computer and may translate data in one or more vendor-specific languages obtained from...http://www.google.de/patents/US7506040?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7506040 - System and method for storage area network management
