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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2012
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandramouli Radhakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);
Sameer Merchant, San Jose, CA (US);
Anand Parthasarathy, Fremont, CA (US);
Murali Basavaiah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandramouli Radhakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);
Sameer Merchant, San Jose, CA (US);
Anand Parthasarathy, Fremont, CA (US);
Murali Basavaiah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and a network edge device are provided herein to extend local area networks (LANs) and storage area networks (SANs) beyond a data center while converging the associated local area network and storage area network host layers. A packet is received at a device in a network. It is determined if the packet is routed to a local or remote storage area network or local area network. In response to determining that the packet routed to a remote storage area network, storage area network extension services are performed with respect to the packet in order to extend the storage area network on behalf of a remote location. In response to determining that the packet is routed to a local local area network traffic, local area network extension services are performed with respect to the packet in order to extend the local area network on behalf of the remote location.