| 发明名称 |
MAINTAINING A FABRIC NAME ACROSS A DISTRIBUTED SWITCH |
| 摘要 |
Techniques are provided for distributing a fabric name to switching elements of a distributed switch configured to forward Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames. A distributed switch membership distributed (DMFD) message is transmitted that includes names of all switching elements in the distributed switch, and further includes a fabric descriptor that contains the fabric name. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2015110487(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.04.23 |
| 申请号 |
US201314077492 |
申请日期 |
2013.11.12 |
| 申请人 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
发明人 |
FENKES Joachim;HATHORN Roger G.;JAYANARAYANA Sriharsha;MAY Henry J.;SENTLER Daniel;YELANDURU Sudheer R. |
| 分类号 |
H04Q11/00 |
主分类号 |
H04Q11/00 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A method for managing a distributed Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) fabric in which Fibre Channel frames are encapsulated in Ethernet frames, the method comprising:
instantiating a switch link between a controlling FCoE forwarder (cFCF) of the distributed Fibre Channel fabric and a first FCoE data-plane forwarder (FDF), wherein the distributed Fibre Channel fabric further comprises a set of FDFs; receiving, from the cFCF, a distributed switch membership distribution (DFMD) message, wherein the DFMD message contains a fabric name identifying with the distributed Fibre Channel fabric; and modifying the first FDF to join the distributed Fibre Channel fabric based on the fabric name contained in the DFMD message. |
| 地址 |
Armonk NY US |
