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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Claudio DeSanti, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/947 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/72 (2013.01); H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes instantiating a virtual Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Forwarder (FCF) at a primary FCF, the virtual FCF associated with a virtual domain identifier and a virtual FCF-MAC (Media Access Control) address, wherein the primary FCF and a secondary FCF form a virtual Port Channel (vPC) for communication with a host, and allocating node port identifiers to virtual node ports on vPC ports at the host from the virtual domain identifier. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.