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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Anne Marie Merritt, Beaverton, OR (US);
William H. Swortwood, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for sending a legacy message over a channel architecture network to a remote legacy device is provided. A host node identifies address information for a legacy object that is located on or within a subnetwork that is beyond the channel architecture network. The address information may include a subnetwork ID to identify the subnetwork and a MAC address of the object within the subnetwork, for example. The host node segments a legacy message (such as management message or SNMP message) into one or more message segments. Each segment is encapsulated in a cell including the address information for the legacy object. A channel adapter in the host node transmits each cell to a channel adapter at a remote I/O node. The I/O node includes a proxy agent that reassembles the legacy message and the sends the reassembled message to the legacy object over a legacy transport (e.g., using protocols and cell formats native to or compatible with the second network).