there is disclosed a system , method , apparatus and computer program product for managing a storage system including a san within a computer network . the storage system can be managed in object - oriented computer language . object trees of each component in the storage system or san are obtained and combined on each storage processor in the storage system . the user interface can therefore select one storage processor within the storage system , and request such combined object tree information for the entire storage system or san from only that singular storage processor on which such combined information is stored . this eliminates a severe computational drain on the ui , which otherwise would be required to make these object tree combinations , and further allows a single point of storage management contact between ui and storage system or san by way of that singular storage or portal processor . commands from the ui destined for any node within the storage system or san are thus always addressed to that same single point of contact or portal processor allowing for ease of use and other advantages .