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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY (US);
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:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
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.