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Method and apparatus for implementing fiber channel zone policies

A fiber channel and policy technology, applied in the direction of data exchange through path configuration, digital transmission system, data exchange network, etc., can solve problems such as supply and enhancement costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-05-31
JUMIPER NETWORKS INC
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However, in such VN2VN deployments, Fiber Channel zone policies are typically provisioned and enforced on servers or storage, resulting in additional provisioning and enforcement charges on each server or storage

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[0010] In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first network switch configured to be within a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network having a first set of network switches including the first network switch. The first network switch is configured to receive from the first network device a proposed logical identifier comprising a logical identifier for the first network device. In some embodiments, the proposed logical identifier for the first network device is selected by the first network device by using a pseudo-random number generator. In some embodiments, the proposed logical identifier is an identifier of a virtual Fiber Channel N-Port of the first network device. In some embodiments, the first network switch is configured to compare the proposed logical identifier with a set of logical identifiers within the database to determine that the proposed logical identifier matches logical identifiers from the set and is compatible with the second network device Confli...

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A method and apparatus for implementing Fiber Channel zone policies. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first network switch configured within a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network having a plurality of network switches including the first network switch. The first network switch is configured to receive a login signal from the first network device including the proposed logical identifier for the first network device. The first network switch is configured to send a multicast signal containing the proposed logical identifier to remaining network switches from the plurality of network switches in response to the login signal. As a result, a second network switch from the plurality of network switches responds to receiving the multicast signal and enforces the zone policy before sending the proposed logical identifier to the second network device.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments described herein relate generally to Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) networks, and in particular to implementing Fiber Channel zone policies in FCoE networks. Background technique [0002] Some known FCoF networks use Fiber Channel switches (eg, Fiber Channel Forwarders (FCFs)) to connect servers and / or storage devices and enforce Fiber Channel zone policies. In such an FCoE network, servers and / or storage devices typically connect to and log in to the FCF directly or through an FCoE Initiation Protocol (FIP) snooping bridge. Meanwhile, FCoE frames are generally transmitted to the FCF before they can be forwarded to designated servers and / or storage devices. FCF can only handle a limited number of devices and / or frames, however, such FCoE networks are generally not scalable. [0003] Some other known FCoE networks implement virtual node (VN) port-to-VN port (VN2VN) deployments, where individual servers or storage devices are allowed to...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/46H04L12/701
CPCH04L12/4625H04L12/4641H04L63/20H04L61/5046H04L61/5038H04L2101/645
Inventor A·舒克拉
Owner JUMIPER NETWORKS INC