公开(公告)号：US09246849B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-26

申请号：US14507043

申请日：2014-10-06

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Gaurav Rastogi ,  Ramsundar Janakiraman ,  Kalyan Ghosh ,  Badri Ramaswamy ,  Joy J. Chatterjee

IPC: G06F13/12 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L49/357 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L49/354 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: A technique is provided for facilitating fabric membership login for an N_Port of a storage area network. A communication from a network node is received. The communication may include a portion of criteria associated with the N_Port. Using at least a portion of the portion of criteria, a virtual fabric identifier corresponding to a virtual fabric which is associated with the N_Port may be automatically identified. Fabric configuration information, which includes the virtual fabric identifier, may be automatically provided to the network node. A fabric login request from the N_Port to login to the virtual fabric may then be received. According to a specific embodiment, the communication may be transmitted from a network node to an F_Port on a Fibre Channel switch. When the N_Port received the fabric configuration information from the F_Port, the generating, using at least a portion of the received fabric configuration information, a fabric login request message may be generated by the N_Port which includes a fabric login request for the N_Port to login to the virtual fabric corresponding to the virtual fabric identifier. In at least one implementation, the N_Port and/or F_Port may be configured or designed to support trunking functionality.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于促进存储区域网络的N_Port的织物成员登录的技术。 接收到来自网络节点的通信。 通信可以包括与N_Port相关联的标准的一部分。 使用标准部分的至少一部分，可以自动识别对应于与N_Port相关联的虚拟结构的虚拟结构标识符。 可以将包括虚拟结构标识符的布局配置信息自动提供给网络节点。 然后可以接收从N_Port登录到虚拟结构的结构登录请求。 根据具体实施例，可以将通信从网络节点传输到光纤通道交换机上的F_Port。 当N_Port从F_Port接收到结构配置信息时，使用至少一部分接收到的结构配置信息生成结构登录请求消息的N_Port可以由N_Port生成，该N_Port包括用于N_Port登录到 虚拟结构对应于虚拟结构标识符。 在至少一个实现中，N_Port和/或F_Port可以被配置或设计成支持中继功能。