SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STACKING FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCHES WITH FIBRE CHANNEL OVER ETHERNET STACKING LINKS

摘要

An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for expanding the port count in a single Fibre Channel domain by adding modular Fibre Channel switches. Such a system includes a system enclosure that contains a plurality of Fibre Channel modules configured to send and receive Fibre Channel packets, the Fibre Channel modules providing a plurality of Fibre Channel ports and a switch processor coupled to the plurality of Fibre Channel ports and to a plurality of Ethernet ports. The switch processor is configured to apply a stacking header to Fibre Channel packets for transmission from one of the plurality of Ethernet ports over a stacking link to another switch processor in another system enclosure.

主权项

1. A first switch comprising:
a first port configured to couple the first switch to a Fibre Channel device; and a second port configured to couple the first switch to a second switch, the first switch and the second switch being in a first Fibre Channel domain; wherein the first switch is configured to:
receive, by the first port, a Fibre Channel packet from the Fibre Channel device;encapsulate the Fibre Channel packet by adding a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) header, an Ethernet header, and a stacking header to the Fibre Channel packet; andforward, using the second port, the encapsulated packet toward the second switch.