Message distribution across fibre channel fabrics

According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to allow for distribution of fiber channel messages. Messages associated with a variety of applications can be distributed within a single logical fabric to physical connected but logically disconnected fabrics. Interconnecting s...

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Main Authors Ramaswamy, Badrinarayanan, Chatterjee, Joy, Agrawal, Rituparna, Banerjee, Subrata, Raghavendra, Sudheer Yelanduru, Edsall, Thomas
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.07.2010
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Summary:According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to allow for distribution of fiber channel messages. Messages associated with a variety of applications can be distributed within a single logical fabric to physical connected but logically disconnected fabrics. Interconnecting switches forward messages to neighboring fabrics and aggregate responses before replying to a first fabric.