| 发明名称 |
Merging Fibre Channel Fabrics |
| 摘要 |
A Fibre (Fiber) Channel (FC) switch and related methods are provided for merging FC fabrics. During a merger process of two separate FC fabrics, a principal switch in a merged FC fabric allocates a domain identifier (ID) to each switch in the merged FC fabric. The principal switch is configured to build a complete domain ID list that identifies the domain IDs for all switches in the merged FC fabric. After the complete domain ID list is generated, the principal switch transmits a message to all switches in the merged FC fabric, the message including the complete domain ID list. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2015063160(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.03.05 |
| 申请号 |
US201314016469 |
申请日期 |
2013.09.03 |
| 申请人 |
Cisco Technology, Inc. |
发明人 |
Uppunda Kishan Kumar Kotari;Nanjundaiah Prabesh Babu |
| 分类号 |
H04L12/931 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/931 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
allocating, by a principal switch in a merged Fibre Channel (FC) fabric formed from two separate FC fabrics, a domain identifier (ID) to each switch in the merged FC fabric during an FC domain ID allocation phase; storing, at the principal switch, a complete domain ID list that identifies the domain IDs for all switches in the merged FC fabric; and after storing domain IDs for each switch in the merged fabric in the complete domain ID list, transmitting a message to all switches in the merged FC fabric, the message including the complete domain ID list. |
| 地址 |
San Jose CA US |
