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Patent No.:

US 9426546 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2013

Maintaining a fabric name across a distributed switch

Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Joachim Fenkes, Tübingen, DE;

Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);

Sriharsha Jayanarayana, Bangalore, IN;

Henry J. May, Cedar Falls, IA (US);

Daniel Sentler, Steinenbronn, DE;

Sudheer R. Yelanduru, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

GLOBAL FOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:

Scully Scott Murphy and Presser

Primary Examiner:

Alpus H Hsu

Assistant Examiner:

Walter Divito

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04L 41/0889 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04L 45/44 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01); H04L 61/6045 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are provided for distributing a fabric name to switching elements of a distributed switch configured to forward Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames. A distributed switch membership distributed (DMFD) message is transmitted that includes names of all switching elements in the distributed switch, and further includes a fabric descriptor that contains the fabric name.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fenkes, Joachim. (2016). Maintaining a fabric name across a distributed switch (U.S. Patent No. 9426546). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9426546

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