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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Applicant:
John Lewis Hufferd, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
John Lewis Hufferd, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention permits all FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) frames to be transferred from one FCoE network adapter to another without having to traverse through a Fiber Channel Forwarder (FCF) device. After the FCF is determined not to be present, a logical End-To-End connection is established between Peer FCoE Adapters. This invention permits an FCoE message originating at an FCoE network adapter to be sent to an FCoE receiving adapter across 'Ethernet' links and switches, or via a single 'Ethernet' link (Point-To-Point) but without having to pass through FCF devices.