1. A method of simulating a storage area network including a set of correlated devices, each of the devices having a device agent, the method comprising the steps of: forming a set of simulation agents representing said device agents, including the steps of, i) for each of the simulation agents, obtaining a set of agent profiles, and storing said agent profiles in a data store, and ii) obtaining files describing class definitions for the simulation agents, and storing said files in the data store; and producing a display of said simulation agents.