COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN INFINIBAND FABRIC AND A FIBRE CHANNEL NETWORK
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1. A digital communication system comprising:
- (a) a first network operative to transfer a first-network data packet having a first-network data packet format, said first-network data packet format including;
(i) a first-network header including a destination address, and (ii) a first-network payload;
(b) a second network operative to transfer a second-network data packet having a second-network data packet format, said second-network data packet format including;
(i) a second-network header including a destination address, and (ii) a second-network payload;
(c) at least one first-network node connected to said first network;
(d) at least one second-network node connected to said second network, and (e) a gateway connected as a first-network node of said first network and as a second-network node of said second network, and wherein a said first-network node is operative to transmit to said first network a first-network data packet wherein said first-network payload includes a second-network data packet and wherein said destination address of said first-network header includes an address of said gateway, and wherein said gateway is operative to transmit to said second-network node, via said second network, said second-network data packet included in said first-network payload.
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Abstract
A system and method of digital communication wherein a host on an InfiniBand network transmits Fibre Channel packets encapsulated within InfiniBand packets to a gateway which forwards the Fibre Channel packets to Fibre Channel device via a Fibre Channel network, and wherein Fibre Channel packets addressed to a host on an InfiniBand network are transmitted by a Fibre Channel device to a gateway, the gateway encapsulating the Fibre Channel packets within InfiniBand packets and transmitting the InfiniBand packets to an InfiniBand host, where the Fibre Channel packet is extracted.
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10 Claims
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1. A digital communication system comprising:
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(a) a first network operative to transfer a first-network data packet having a first-network data packet format, said first-network data packet format including;
(i) a first-network header including a destination address, and (ii) a first-network payload;
(b) a second network operative to transfer a second-network data packet having a second-network data packet format, said second-network data packet format including;
(i) a second-network header including a destination address, and (ii) a second-network payload;
(c) at least one first-network node connected to said first network;
(d) at least one second-network node connected to said second network, and (e) a gateway connected as a first-network node of said first network and as a second-network node of said second network, and wherein a said first-network node is operative to transmit to said first network a first-network data packet wherein said first-network payload includes a second-network data packet and wherein said destination address of said first-network header includes an address of said gateway, and wherein said gateway is operative to transmit to said second-network node, via said second network, said second-network data packet included in said first-network payload. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A digital communication method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a first network operative to transfer a first-network data packet having a first-network data packet format, said first-network data packet format including;
(i) a first-network header including a destination address, and (ii) a first-network payload;
(b) providing a second network operative to transfer a second-network data packet having a second-network data packet format, said second-network data packet format including;
(i) a second-network header including a destination address, and (ii) a second-network payload;
(c) connecting at least one first-network node to said first network;
(d) connecting at least one second-network node to said second network;
(e) connecting a gateway as a first-network node of said first network and as a second-network node of said second network;
(f) said first-network node transmitting to said first network a first-network data packet wherein said first-network payload includes a second-network data packet and wherein said destination address of said first-network header includes an address of said gateway, and (g) said gateway transmitting to said second-network node, via said second network, said second-network data packet included in said first-network payload. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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