1. A method of entering a time out interval for an event in a storage area network, comprising: identifying a time slot in a sequence of time slots to insert a time out event for the event in the storage area network; determining if other events in the storage network already have corresponding other time out events in the time slot; and inserting the time out event for the event in the identified time slot along with the other time out events corresponding to the other events in response to the determination.