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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Glenn Wenig, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Howard Johnson, Louisville, CO (US);
Daniel Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Dave Peterson, Princeton, MN (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/947 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
An FCoE VN_Port virtualizer where VF_Ports are used to connect downstream to host and target VN_Ports and a VN_Port is used to connect upstream to further FCoE VN_Port virtualizers or to an FCF. An alternate embodiment uses an Ethernet Fabric for an additional purpose. The Ethernet Fabric devices all act as FCoE VN_Port virtualizers, so that the Ethernet Fabric itself is considered a virtual FCoE VN_Port virtualizer.