Qlogic Corporation

Frank Palumbo

David Kwak

Ali A Khwaja

Machine implemented method and system for processing frames received by a network device from another network device via a network link are provided. The network device is configured to maintain a data structure to determine a tag size of a tag received in a frame header of a frame received by the network device; determine if the tag size is less than a fixed programmable size; insert a blank character to increase the tag size to the programmable size; and process the frame with the tag having the programmable size.

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Chino Hills, CA, United States of America

Frank Palumbo