21. A method, comprising: discovering one or more storage area network (SAN) components of a SAN; monitoring the discovered SAN components; providing the SAN discovery information and SAN monitoring information to a centralized SAN management user interface; and managing the SAN from the centralized SAN management user interface using the provided SAN discovery information and the provided SAN monitoring information, wherein said managing the SAN comprises performing one or more SAN management tasks in response to interactions of the user interface, and wherein said managing the SAN comprises managing the discovered one or more SAN components.
21. A method, comprising: discovering one or more storage area network (SAN) components of a SAN; monitoring the discovered SAN components; providing the SAN discovery information and SAN monitoring information to a centralized SAN management user interface; and managing the SAN from the centralized SAN management user interface using the provided SAN discovery information and the provided SAN monitoring information, wherein said managing the SAN comprises performing one or more SAN management tasks in response to interactions of the user interface, and wherein said managing the SAN comprises managing the discovered one or more SAN components. 22. The method as recited in claim 21 , wherein said monitoring the discovered SAN components comprises: collecting status and performance information from the SAN components; and applying one or more polices to the collected status and performance information to evaluate the SAN status and performance information and automatically perform one or more actions in accordance with the policies in response to said evaluation.