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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Balaji Natrajan, Spring, TX (US);
Michael G. Myrah, Cypress, TX (US);
Schail Hameed, Houston, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Spring, TX (US);
Michael G. Myrah, Cypress, TX (US);
Schail Hameed, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes detecting a topology change on a link in a network and determining which zone group corresponds to the topology change. The method also includes identifying a zone group in the network that is permitted to access a device on said link and determining an address of an expander that has the zone group permitted to access the device on the link. The method further includes generating an expander-targeted zoned broadcast command to report a topology change in the network. The expander-targeted zoned broadcast command has, as a destination address, the address of the expander determined to have a zone group permitted to access a device on the link.