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Method and system for reducing deadlock in fibre channel fabrics using virtual lanes

  • US 20050174942A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2004
  • Published: 08/11/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing fibre channel frames, comprising:

  • assigning a virtual lane for a frame based on a hop count for the frame;

    determining if the assigned virtual lane has available credit; and

    transmitting the frame if credit is available.

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