| 摘要 |
<p>A fibre channel switch element and method for processing frames in a fibre channel network is provided. The switch element includes an address mapping cache that receives an incoming fibre channel frame in a receive and/or transmit segment, wherein the address mapping cache compares a D<SUB>-</SUB>ID of an incoming frame in the receive segment and/or a S<SUB>-</SUB>ID in the transmit segment ; and if a FR<SUB>-</SUB>Header is received then a D<SUB>-</SUB>ID or S<SUB>-</SUB>ID is compared from a fibre channel header that follows the FR<SUB>-</SUB>Header ; and if a compare fabric identifier flag is set, then the fabric identifier is compared. The address mapping cache may also be used for routing frames from one virtual fabric to another by comparing a VF<SUB>-</SUB>ID field to a virtual fabric identifier in a VFT<SUB>-</SUB>Header.</p> |
