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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Yijun Xiong, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04B 10/20 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for forwarding an Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data frame into an Ethernet network comprising a processor configured to receive a data frame on a input port, obtain a first destination address and a virtual local area network identifier (VID), determine whether the first destination address and the VID matches an entry within a forwarding table, construct a key when the first destination address and VID matches the entry and the data frame is a FCoE frame, and forward the data frame as an outgoing data frame via an output port when the key matches a rule that permits forwarding the data frame.