1. A method of facilitating configuring of resources of a communications environment, said method comprising: automatically mapping, by a configuration unit, a first identifier of a resource of a machine being configured to a second identifier of the resource to assign a physical path of the resource to a logical path of the resource, wherein the first identifier is usable by hardware to identify the resource and the second identifier is usable by a program of the machine to identify the resource, and wherein the mapping is based on the physical structure of the machine being configured and on avoiding single points of failure or single points of repair; and choosing the second identifier for which mapping is to occur from a plurality of second identifiers, said choosing being based on a priority associated with another resource coupled to the resource of the machine being configured.