Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual port world wide names
- Patent Title (中): 虚拟端口世界名
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Application No.: US13401287Application Date: 2012-02-21
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Publication No.: US08774052B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Srikara Subramanyan , Badrinath Kollu , Ganesh Kumar Murugesan , Nhan Trong Pham , Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran , Nadeem Kattangere , Vinodh Ravindran , Vidya Renganarayanan Vineet , Vidya Sagar Ravipati , Blayne Rawsky
- Applicant: Srikara Subramanyan , Badrinath Kollu , Ganesh Kumar Murugesan , Nhan Trong Pham , Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran , Nadeem Kattangere , Vinodh Ravindran , Vidya Renganarayanan Vineet , Vidya Sagar Ravipati , Blayne Rawsky
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/56
Abstract:
A network switch allows defining a virtual port worldwide name (VPWWN) and associating the VPWWN with an F_port of the network switch, for use by a host bus adaptor (HBA) connecting to the network switch. Both a default and a user VPWWN may be defined, with the user VPWWN typically taking precedence over the default VPWWN. A database of VPWWN associations may be used to ensure uniqueness of the user VPWWN. Where the HBA allows dynamic assignment of WWNs, the VPWWN may be pushed to the HBA. The VPWWNs may be deleted, and moved to another port as desired.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120218990A1 Virtual Port World Wide Names Public/Granted day:2012-08-30
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