Control method of virtual link discovery and system for fibre channel over ethernet protocol
US8929368B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/4641
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A control method of virtual link discovery and a system for Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol allocates some Ethernet Nodes (ENodes) and FCoE Forwarders (FCFs) to different virtual networks during networking, and provides a Virtual Node (VN) port of each ENode and a Virtual Fiber Channel (VFC) port of each FCF with a Virtual Network Identification (VN ID) of a virtual network to which they belong. In this way, a VN port of an ENode may establish a virtual link with a VFC port that belongs to the same virtual network in preference, so that some ENodes are made to access FCFs that belong to the same virtual networks as the ENodes.
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