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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Michael John Shea, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventor:
Michael John Shea, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Xiotech Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus and program storage device for verifying existence of a redundant Fiber Channel path is disclosed. The present invention verifies that a redundant path exists prior to moving the WWNN and WWPN. Thus, if the path being used for Fiber Channel communication is lost, connectivity can be restored when the source of the original connection can access the physical interface where the WWNN and WWPN have been moved.