EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION IN FCOE NETWORKS

摘要

Method(s) and system(s) for forwarding Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Initialization Protocol (FIP) control packets are disclosed. The method comprises, analyzing, by a gateway (108), a FIP control packet to determine a type of the FIP control packet. Further, a predetermined operation to be performed on the FIP control packet is ascertained based on a predetermined parsing rule, wherein the predetermined operation results in at least one of an establishment of a connection and a tear down of a connection, and wherein the predetermined parsing rule corresponds to the type of the FIP control packet. The method further comprises, forwarding the FIP control packet to a port of the gateway (108) for performing the predetermined operation, wherein the port pertains to one or more ports configured for performing the predetermined operation.