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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Applicants:
William R. Krieg, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Shafer, Sanford, NC (US);
Inventors:
William R. Krieg, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Shafer, Sanford, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A virtual switch for use in fiber channel applications is described herein. In an exemplary implementation, a virtual switch is created. The virtual switch stores control-traffic-information associated with a device in a remote autonomous region of a fabric. The device has a domain ID associated with the autonomous region in which it is located. A virtual domain ID associated with the virtual switch is assigned to the device. Accordingly, the virtual domain ID is provided to other autonomous regions for sharing the device.