Dell Products Inc.

Hariharan Krishnaswamy

Vinay Sawal

Vivek Dharmadhikari

Sachinrao Chittaranjan Panemangalore

Marimuthu Sakthivel

Anil Chintalapati

Newton Oku

An information handling system is provided herein. The information handling system includes a central processor in communication with a network processor, a plurality of ports coupled to the network processor for sending and receiving Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames, and an Ethernet controller in communication with a physical connector and with the central processor. The information handling system further includes a management controller configured to communicate with a management system through the Ethernet controller to report a failure to be mitigated by temporarily stopping inputs and outputs on a coupled network device. Associated methods and computer-readable media having associated instructions are also provided herein.

Systems and methods for rapid failure detection in fibre channel over ethernet networks

Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for detecting and using a cable length value recorded on a cable. In embodiments, the length information may be encoded onto an NFC tag that is located at or near the end of the cable such that, when the cable is inserted into a port, an NFC reader may read the cable length value. In embodiments, the detected cable length value may be used in determining a buffer-to-buffer credit for a channel connection formed between two devices using that cable. Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for making the cables or information handling devices that can detect the recorded values.

Buffer-to-buffer credit utilization using cables with length data included therewith

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