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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Stephen J. Brolin, Livingston, NJ (US);
Stephen J. Brolin, Livingston, NJ (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method may include assigning one egress profile identifier out of a plurality of egress profile identifiers to an Ethernet frame based at least on an egress connection identifier (eXid) tag of the Ethernet frame at a traffic manager, receiving the Ethernet frame at a switching element from the traffic manager, receiving metadata at the switching element from the traffic manager, the metadata comprising the assigned egress profile identifier, an internal class of service marker, and an internal congestion marker, and mapping the internal class of service marker and the internal congestion marker to a priority marker and an external congestion marker in the Ethernet frame based on the egress profile identifier.