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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Christopher J. Colonna, Ossining, NY (US);
Patricia G. Driever, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
John R. Flanagan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
William H. Miller, Newburgh, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first device transmits a first Fiber Channel frame with a first priority to a second device. The first device receives a second Fiber Channel frame from the second device, where the second Fiber Channel frame has a second priority indicated by the second device. The first device determines whether to adopt the second priority indicated by the second device or whether to continue to use the first priority for transmitting subsequent Fiber Channel frames to the second device.