OVERLAY NETWORK CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING STORAGE AREA NETWORK (SAN) TRAFFIC

摘要

In one embodiment, a system includes a server having a hypervisor layer that includes an overlay-capable virtual switch and a Fibre Channel (FC) virtual switch; at least one processor configured to execute logic; and a converge network adapter (CNA) coupled to the hypervisor, the CNA being configured to communicate with the overlay-capable virtual switch and the FC virtual switch, wherein the CNA is configured to communicate with a FC forwarder (FCF), and the overlay-capable virtual switch includes logic configured to communicate with a central controller. In another embodiment, a method for sending FCoE traffic over an overlay network includes receiving a block of media access control (MAC) addresses for use in local fabric initialization protocol (FIP) operations and advertising to all local FCoE initiators to route FCoE traffic to a server by asserting an overlay-capable virtual switch within the server as a FCF for any requesting FCoE initiators.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a server, comprising:
a hypervisor layer, comprising:
an overlay-capable virtual switch; anda Fibre Channel (FC) virtual switch;at least one processor configured to execute logic; anda converge network adapter (CNA) coupled to the hypervisor, the CNA being configured to communicate with the overlay-capable virtual switch and the FC virtual switch, and wherein the CNA is configured to communicate with a FC forwarder (FCF),wherein the overlay-capable virtual switch comprises logic configured to communicate with a central controller.