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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Subrata Banerjee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Shankar Ramanathan, Bangalore, IN;
Sriharsha Jayanarayana, Bangalore, IN;
Subrata Banerjee, Los Altos, CA (US);
Shankar Ramanathan, Bangalore, IN;
Sriharsha Jayanarayana, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the configuration, management, and distribution of quality of service information in a fibre channel fabric using zoning mechanisms. Configuration of Quality of Service (QoS) information is made easy by using zones as a classifier for flows. QoS information is included in zone objects, thereby using the existing zone distribution mechanism to distribute QoS information. Devices not part of any zones are placed automatically in the default zone with a default QoS priority level. QoS information for a particular packet is available as soon as the zoning information is obtained.