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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Vuong Cao Nguyen, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Steven Gerard Lemire, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Raul Bersamin Oteyza, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Jeff Junwei Zheng, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Vuong Cao Nguyen, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Steven Gerard Lemire, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Raul Bersamin Oteyza, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Jeff Junwei Zheng, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for indicating a status of a transfer of data from a first device to a second device over a network. In one embodiment, the data includes one or more data frames. Each frame includes a header having one or more bits. The method includes setting a last bit of the one or more bits in the header of a last frame of the one or more data frames to a first value if the status of the transfer of data is good and setting the value of the last bit of the last data frame to a second value if the transfer of data failed. This results in a less congested, more efficient network.