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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Sriram Natarajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sharat Prasad, San Jose, CA (US);
Yu Deng, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multiprotocol encapsulation method and system for transporting different protocols over Ethernet are disclosed. The method includes receiving frames from an optical interface and identifying a protocol of the frame. The frames are multiprotocol and include storage network interface protocols. The frames are encapsulated into Ethernet protocol and transported over an Ethernet link.