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Fibre channel over Ethernet switch implicit logout

US8971176B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Roger G. Hathorn · Tucson, US
Henry J. May · Mantorville, US
Christoph Raisch · Gerlingen, DE
Louis W. Ricci · Hyde Park, US
Daniel Sentler · Passau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2012
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/351
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for an implicit logout of links to a fiber channel over Ethernet switch includes receiving, at a second switch, a first message from a first switch. The first message indicates an implicit link logout event on one of two or more links between the first switch and a node. Also, the process includes transmitting a second message from the second switch. The second message indicates zoning information for all of the two or more links between the first switch and the node.

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