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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2007
Jesse Paul Arroyo, Rochester, MN (US);
Josep Cors, Rochester, MN (US);
David Lee Dosch, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark Harrison Goff, Stewartville, MN (US);
Jonathan Louis Kaus, Rochester, MN (US);
Kyle Alan Lucke, Oronoco, MN (US);
Michael Anthony Migliacio, Rochester, MN (US);
Randall Scott Nelson, Rochester, MN (US);
Jesse Paul Arroyo, Rochester, MN (US);
Josep Cors, Rochester, MN (US);
David Lee Dosch, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark Harrison Goff, Stewartville, MN (US);
Jonathan Louis Kaus, Rochester, MN (US);
Kyle Alan Lucke, Oronoco, MN (US);
Michael Anthony Migliacio, Rochester, MN (US);
Randall Scott Nelson, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for establishing multiple network sessions over an arbitrary network topology comprises receiving network configuration information describing an initiator system and a target controller. The initiator system contains one or more initiator ports. The target controller contains one or more target ports. Each target port is associated with one or more target nodes. A set of pre-defined rules is identified. The set of pre-defined rules governs the establishment of network sessions between the initiator ports and the target nodes through the target ports. One or more network sessions are established based on the set of pre-defined rules and the network configuration information.