METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING UNIQUE MAC ADDRESS TO INDIVIDUAL NODE FOR FIBRE CHANNEL OVER ETHERNET (FCOE) TRAFFIC

摘要

In one embodiment, an apparatus can include a filter module operatively coupled to a switching module. The filter module can be configured to define a filter to be applied to a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frame received from any port from multiple ports instantiated at a network device. The filter can be defined based at least in part on a first logical address associated with a first port from the multiple ports. The first logical address can be based at least in part on (1) a first identifier associated with a switch fabric to which the apparatus is operatively coupled and (2) a second identifier associated with a first port from the multiple ports. The filter module can be configured to define the filter such that a switching module sends the FCoE frame to a Fibre Channel device when a second logical address included in the FCoE frame matches the first logical address and the filter module is operatively coupled to the switching module.