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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Oscar J. Grijalva, Cypress, CA (US);
Jerald K. Alston, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Eric R. Griffith, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
James A. Kunz, Plymouth, MN (US);
Oscar J. Grijalva, Cypress, CA (US);
Jerald K. Alston, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Eric R. Griffith, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
James A. Kunz, Plymouth, MN (US);
QLOGIC, Corp., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage area network ('SAN') and a system is provided. The SAN includes, a host bus adapter operationally coupled with a credit extender, wherein the credit extender receives frames from a Fibre Channel network and sends the received frames to the HBA based on buffer space available in the HBA. The HBA notifies other Fibre Channel ports of buffer space available in the credit extender. The HBA sends a signal to the credit extender notifying the credit extender of available buffer space in the HBA. The HBA includes a management port for interfacing the HBA with the credit extender.