Alpha Modus Ventures, LLC

Saisei Networks, Pte Ltd.

Alex Henderson

John William Hayes

Walter E Croft

Linda Elaine Eaton Hayes

Lawrence G Roberts

Apparatus and system that perform the method of providing a FCoE Transformer including an Ethernet Interface and a Fibre Channel Interface, receiving, at the FCoE Transformer, an FCoE Frame via a LayerEthernet Switch, converting, at the FCoE Transformer, the FCoE Frame to a Fibre Channel Frame. The FCoE Frame includes a SOF field included in an FCoE Transport Header for providing an SOF character used to start the fibre channel frame, and the SOF field in the FCoE Transport Header is for encoding the SOF field, Fibre Channel Frame. The FCoE Frame includes an EOF field included in an FCoE Transport Header for providing an EOF character used to end the fibre channel frame, and the EOF field in the FCoE Transport Header is for encoding the EOF field, Fibre Channel Frame. The method includes transporting the Fibre Channel Frame.

Transporting fibre channel over ethernet

Apparatus and system for performing the method of providing a FCoE HBA including a Virtual Fibre Channel Port and an Ethernet Interface, providing a Layer 2 Ethernet Switch, and sending an FCoE Frame via the Layer 2 Ethernet Switch. The FCoE Frame includes a SOF field included in an FCoE Transport Header for providing an SOF character used to start a Fibre Channel Frame, and the SOF field in the FCoE Transport Header is for encoding the SOF field, Fibre Channel Frame. The FCoE Frame includes an EOF field included in an FCoE Transport Header for providing an EOF character used to end the Fibre Channel Frame, and the EOF field in the FCoE Transport Header is for encoding the EOF field, Fibre Channel Frame.

A system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, a plurality of flows associated with packets destined for an output port is identified. A utilization associated with the output port is further measured. Thus, rates of a plurality of the flows destined for the output port may be individually controlled at an input port thereof, based on the utilization to ensure that the utilization remains less than 99.9% and avoid buffering more than 400 packets with a correspondingly low delay.

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Alex Henderson