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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2002
Moshe Czeiger, Haifa, IL;
Yoav Flint, Haifa, IL;
Ilya Alexandrovich, Haifa, IL;
Victor Gissin, Alon Hagalil, IL;
Mark Liebman, Afula, IL;
Moshe Czeiger, Haifa, IL;
Yoav Flint, Haifa, IL;
Ilya Alexandrovich, Haifa, IL;
Victor Gissin, Alon Hagalil, IL;
Mark Liebman, Afula, IL;
Sancastle Technologies Ltd., Yokne'am, IL;
Abstract
A method for transferring information between a first network comprising first-network-stations operating under an Ethernet protocol and a second network comprising second-network-stations operating under a Fibre Channel (FC) protocol, including grouping the first-network-stations into virtual local area networks (VLANs) which each transfer a respective VLAN-data-frame within the VLAN, and grouping the second-network-stations into FC zones which each transfer a respective zone-data-frame within the zone. The method further includes coupling the networks together using a gateway to convey data between the networks, configuring the gateway with an association mapping a primary VLAN and a primary zone, and translating in the gateway between a primary VLAN-data-frame and a primary zone-data-frame, responsive to the association, so as to convey primary-data between the primary VLAN and the primary zone via the gateway.