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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Seth Mason, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkatasubramanian Kirishnamurthyi, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Seth Mason, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkatasubramanian Kirishnamurthyi, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for improving name services in a fiber channel fabric. Either a world wide name or an alias can be used to uniquely identify a device such as a storage device on a fiber channel fabric. World wide name and alias associations are maintained in an alias database that is synchronized on connected fiber channel switches in a physical fiber channel fabric. Devices can be moved from one switch to another while maintaining alias and world wide name associations.