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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Maurilio Cometto, San Jose, CA (US);
Guglielmo M. Morandin, San Jose, CA (US);
Raymond J. Kloth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Robert L. Hoffman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Maurilio Cometto, San Jose, CA (US);
Guglielmo M. Morandin, San Jose, CA (US);
Raymond J. Kloth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Robert L. Hoffman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling congestion in a network such as a fibre channel network. Techniques are provided for characterizing traffic flow at a congested network node. The congested network node can generate various instructions such as quench messages to control traffic flow towards the congested network node. The quench messages can optionally include information about the characteristics of the congestion. The instructions are distributed to other nodes in the network. The other network nodes can interpret the instructions and control traffic flow towards the congested node.