Methods and apparatus to route fibre channel frames using reduced forwarding state on an FCOE-to-FC gateway

摘要

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a switching policy module configured to define a switching policy associating a Fiber Channel port with a destination Media Access Control (MAC) address. The switching module can be configured to receive a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frame from a network device and send a Fiber Channel frame encapsulated in the FCoE frame to the Fiber Channel port based at least in part on the switching policy and a destination MAC address of the FCoE frame.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a switching policy module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor, the switching policy module configured to define a switching policy associating a Fibre Channel port with a destination Media Access Control (MAC) address, the Fibre Channel port not being a virtual port; and a switching module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor, the switching module configured to receive a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frame from a first network device, the FCoE frame including the destination MAC address, the switching module configured to drop the FCoE frame if the switching policy instructs the switching module to drop FCoE frames from a source MAC address associated with a second network device and if the FCoE frame includes the source MAC address associated with the second network device, the switching module configured to otherwise send, based at least in part on the switching policy and the destination MAC address, a Fibre Channel frame encapsulated in the FCoE frame to the Fibre Channel port such that the Fibre Channel frame is sent via the Fibre Channel port to a virtual Fibre Channel F port from a plurality of virtual Fibre Channel F ports.