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Method and system for using extended fabric features with fibre channel switch elements

  • US 20050018673A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2004
  • Published: 01/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fibre channel frame format used for routing fibre channel frames, comprising:

  • a tagging header with a virtual storage area network identifier (“

    VSAN_ID”

    ) field that specifies a virtual storage area network (“

    VSAN”

    ) and a R_CTL field that is set to a certain value to indicate that the tagging header includes a VSAN value.

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