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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott S. Lee, Campbell, CA (US);
Dinesh G. Dutt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas J. Edsall, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 12/4604 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for label switched routing in fiber channel networks. Techniques are provided for implementing label switching based on particular characteristics of fiber channel networks. By using label switching, mechanisms such as traffic engineering, security, and tunneling through networks that do not support fiber channel frames can be implemented.