Invention Grant
US08307048B2 Network system with initiator subnetwork communication to target subnetwork communication including fibre channel over ethernet to fibre channel over internet protocol conversion
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网络系统具有发起方子网通信,目标子网通信,包括光纤通道以太网到光纤通道,通过互联网协议转换
- Patent Title: Network system with initiator subnetwork communication to target subnetwork communication including fibre channel over ethernet to fibre channel over internet protocol conversion
- Patent Title (中): 网络系统具有发起方子网通信,目标子网通信,包括光纤通道以太网到光纤通道,通过互联网协议转换
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Application No.: US12173141Application Date: 2008-07-15
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Publication No.: US08307048B2Publication Date: 2012-11-06
- Inventor: Aaron C Brown , Scott M Carlson , Daniel G Eisenhauer , Roger G Hathorn , Jeffrey W Palm , Renato J Recio , Gregory J Tevis
- Applicant: Aaron C Brown , Scott M Carlson , Daniel G Eisenhauer , Roger G Hathorn , Jeffrey W Palm , Renato J Recio , Gregory J Tevis
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Matt Talpis; Mark P Kahler
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
A network system supports multiple network communication protocols. An Ethernet component gateway in a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) initiator system converts FCoE data packets from host devices to Fiber Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) data packets for transmission to a Storage Area Network (SAN) target system. The SAN target system may include a target Fiber Channel (FC) storage device and a SAN component gateway. The SAN component gateway converts FCIP data packets to SAN data packets for use by the target FC storage device. The SAN data packets may be either FC protocol data packets or FCoE protocol data packets. The SAN target system may provide for discovery of target FC storage device adapter information.
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