28. A computer readable storage medium containing executable program instructions executed by a processor, comprising: program instructions that provide a namespace and storage management server; inputting one or more commands at a namespace and storage management console, each command configured to manage one or more selected objects on one or more servers in a storage system environment; program instructions that execute a namespace and storage management application on the management console to initiate performance of the command directed to the managed object including facilitating configuration and management of pathnames in a logical namespace; program instructions that spawn a graphical user interface (GUI) thread used by a GUI toolkit of the management application to produce a navigation frame having a plurality of navigation panels, the navigation panels including a hierarchy panel, an operations panel, a view panel and a display panel thereby allowing a user to manage various pathnames exported by heterogeneous namespace services and protocol implementations within the logical namespace, said GUI toolkit supporting reusable templates that facilitate reuse of the GUI components within one of the management application and other applications; program instructions that extract logical views from namespaces exported by the heterogeneous services; program instructions that configure the pathnames such that said pathnames are accessible in the logical namespace via the storage access protocol; and program instructions that display one or more navigation panels on the computer screen to allow the user to manage various pathnames exported by heterogeneous namespace services and protocol implementations within the logical namespaces.
28. A computer readable storage medium containing executable program instructions executed by a processor, comprising: program instructions that provide a namespace and storage management server; inputting one or more commands at a namespace and storage management console, each command configured to manage one or more selected objects on one or more servers in a storage system environment; program instructions that execute a namespace and storage management application on the management console to initiate performance of the command directed to the managed object including facilitating configuration and management of pathnames in a logical namespace; program instructions that spawn a graphical user interface (GUI) thread used by a GUI toolkit of the management application to produce a navigation frame having a plurality of navigation panels, the navigation panels including a hierarchy panel, an operations panel, a view panel and a display panel thereby allowing a user to manage various pathnames exported by heterogeneous namespace services and protocol implementations within the logical namespace, said GUI toolkit supporting reusable templates that facilitate reuse of the GUI components within one of the management application and other applications; program instructions that extract logical views from namespaces exported by the heterogeneous services; program instructions that configure the pathnames such that said pathnames are accessible in the logical namespace via the storage access protocol; and program instructions that display one or more navigation panels on the computer screen to allow the user to manage various pathnames exported by heterogeneous namespace services and protocol implementations within the logical namespaces. 29. The computer readable storage medium of claim 28 further comprising one or more program instructions for displaying the selected managed objects on the display panel and in a view configuration format chosen from the view configuration of the view panel.