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Trunking for fabric ports in fibre channel switches and attached devices

  • US 20060092932A1
  • Filed: 11/01/2004
  • Published: 05/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A trunking N_Port for a Fibre Channel node, the trunking N_Port comprising:

  • a physical N_Port interface designed or configured to provide functionality of a non-trunking N_Port when virtual SAN functionality is not available; and

    a controller for managing trunking on the trunking N_Port, wherein the controller is designed or configured to communicate with an F_Port on a Fibre Channel switch and determine whether virtual SAN functionality is available and if so define one or more virtual SAN interfaces on the trunking N_Port, with each virtual SAN interface providing the functionality of an N_Port for a single virtual SAN.

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