Lightweight reliability protocol over fibre-channel to provide for load-balancing and resiliency
US9036656B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 2, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for transmitting a plurality of Fiber-Channel packets in an FC network. A reliability protocol header comprising reliability attributes and FC attributes are prepended to the FC packets prior to their transmission for each packet in an exchange block comprising a plurality of FC packets. The FC packets are transmitted with the reliability protocol header across the FC network for delivery to a destination device.
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