HIGH PERFORMANCE ETHERNET (R) NETWORKING UTILIZING EXISTING FIBER CHANNEL FABRIC HBA TECHNOLOGY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide Fiber Channel over Ethernet (R) communications.SOLUTION: For example, a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (R) (FCoE) enabled device (such as a computer) may include a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (R) Adapter (FCoEA). The FCoEA may include an HBA module. The HBA module may be configured to communicate over the fiber channel protocol. The FCoE enabled device may process and encapsulate the HBA module's communications in order to transmit them over an Ethernet (R) network instead. The FCoE enabled device may process communications directed to various fiber channel fabric services by utilizing existing Ethernet (R) services, such as an iSNS server.