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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Henry J. May, Rochester, MN (US);
Christoph Raisch, Gerlingen, DE;
Louis W. Ricci, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Daniel Sentler, Magstadt, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A process for an implicit logout of links to a fiber channel over Ethernet switch includes receiving, at a second switch, a first message from a first switch. The first message indicates an implicit link logout event on one of two or more links between the first switch and a node. Also, the process includes transmitting a second message from the second switch. The second message indicates zoning information for all of the two or more links between the first switch and the node.