Fibre channel switch that enables end devices in different fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique fibre channel domain_IDs
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a Switch configured to couple a first fabric having a first set of end devices and a second fabric having a second set of end devices, each of the first set of end devices and the second set of end devices having a unique Domain_ID address respectively, the Switch configured to enable communication between the first set of end devices in the first fabric with the second set of end devices associated with the second fabric while maintaining the unique Domain ID addresses of the first set of end devices and the second set of end devices.
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Abstract
An Fibre Channel Switch which enables end devices in different Fabrics to communicate with one another while retaining their unique Fibre Channel Domain_IDs. The Switch is coupled to a first fabric having a first set of end devices and a second fabric having a second set of end devices. The Switch is configured to enable communication by the first set of end devices associated with the first fabric with the second set of end devices associated with the second set of end devices using the unique Domain_IDs of each of the first set and the second set of end devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the first and second fabrics are first and second Virtual Storage Array Networks (VSANs) respectively. In an alternative embodiment, the first fabric and the second fabric are separate physical fabrics.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a Switch configured to couple a first fabric having a first set of end devices and a second fabric having a second set of end devices, each of the first set of end devices and the second set of end devices having a unique Domain_ID address respectively, the Switch configured to enable communication between the first set of end devices in the first fabric with the second set of end devices associated with the second fabric while maintaining the unique Domain ID addresses of the first set of end devices and the second set of end devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first fabric;
a second fabric;
a first set of end devices associated with the first fabric and a second set of end devices associated with the second fabric, the first set and the second set of end devices each having a unique Domain ID address respectively; and
a communication mechanism configured to enable the first set of end devices associated with the first fabric to communicate with the second set of end devices associated with the second fabric while maintaining the unique Domain ID addresses of the first set of end devices and the second set of end devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29)
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