PURPOSE: To hunt the next extension by ignoring a channel whose adaptor is not connected with an interface belonging to an extension representation by hunting the next interface when a channel counting of each interface is beyond a channel permitted number. ;CONSTITUTION: A channel counting and permitted number judging means 12 fetches channel counting information 4 and channel permitted number information 5 of the selected interface A of a storage device, and compares them with each other. As the result, when the counting information 4 is matched with the permitted number information 5 like in the interface A, an interface B is selected as the next hunting object by hunting group information 6a of an extension representative part 6, and the above mentioned processing is operated in the same way. Thus, even when the channel whose terminal is not connected with one interface is present, the next interface is hunt when the entire channels whose terminals are connected are filled up.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO&Japio
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