| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 8144592 |
Zone based quality of service in a fibre channel fabric |
March 27, 2012 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the configuration, management, and distribution of quality of service information in a fibre channel fabric using zoning mechanisms. Configuration of Quality of Service (QoS) information is made easy by using zones as a classifier for |
| 8036229 |
Switch with virtual network identifier re-write capability |
October 11, 2011 |
| A switch includes a processor, an ingress port having ingress port logic, and an egress port. It may also include a virtual network identifier rewrite component for rewriting a virtual network identifier in a data frame received the ingress port with a new virtual network identifier. |
| 7890654 |
Dynamic inter-VSAN topology discovery |
February 15, 2011 |
| Disclosed are apparatus and methods for discovering topology in a storage area network having a plurality of VSANs in a network fabric is disclosed. The VSANs include a first VSAN having a plurality of network devices. The method includes the following operations: (a) defining a firs |
| 7876711 |
Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one anoth |
January 25, 2011 |
| A Fibre Channel Switch which enables end devices in different Fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique Fibre Channel Domain_IDs. The Switch is coupled to a first fabric having a first set of end devices and a second fabric having a second set of end devices. T |
| 7843916 |
Implementing read-only zones in a switching fabric |
November 30, 2010 |
| The Switch includes a port configured to receive a command frame when installed in a switching Fabric. The frame identifies a source device and a destination device in the Switching Fabric, a command, and a read/write flag which indicates if the identified source intends to exercise |
| 7769023 |
Fibre channel traffic redirect scheme using access control lists |
August 3, 2010 |
| Disclosed are methods and apparatus for redirecting fiber channel data that is transmitted between a first and a second node, such as a host and target, in a storage area network (SAN) to an intelligent node that facilitates implementation of a service on such redirected data. Such r |
| 7751341 |
Message distribution across fibre channel fabrics |
July 6, 2010 |
| 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. I |
| 7653054 |
Zone based quality of service in a fibre channel fabric |
January 26, 2010 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the configuration, management, and distribution of quality of service information in a fibre channel fabric using zoning mechanisms. Configuration of Quality of Service (QoS) information is made easy by using zones as a classifier for |
| 7644179 |
Inter-VSAN routing with NAT |
January 5, 2010 |
| Disclosed are apparatus and methods for facilitating communication between two devices from two different VSANs by propagating each device's presence from a first VSAN to the other device's different VSAN using a network address translation (NAT) mechanism. For instance, a first devi |
