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Fibre channel over ethernet

  • US 7,564,869 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2005
  • Issued: 07/21/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transforming Fibre Channel (“

  • FC”

    ) frames for transport on an Ethernet, the method comprising;

    receiving an FC frame;

    mapping destination contents of a destination FC ID field of the FC frame to a first portion of a destination MAC field of an Ethernet frame;

    mapping source contents of a source FC ID field of the FC frame to a second portion of a source MAC field of the Ethernet frame;

    converting illegal symbols of the FC frame to legal symbols;

    inserting the legal symbols into a selected field of the Ethernet frame;

    mapping payload contents of an FC frame payload to a payload field of the Ethernet frame;

    assigning an Organization Unique Identifier (“

    OUI”

    ) code to the Ethernet frame, the OUI indicating that the frame is a Fibre Channel over Ethernet frame;

    inserting the OUI code in organization ID fields of the source MAC field and the destination MAC field of the Ethernet frame; and

    transmitting the Ethernet frame on the Ethernet.

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