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Fibre Channel over Ethernet

  • US 8,842,694 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2012
  • Issued: 09/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network device, comprising:

  • a plurality of FC ports configured for communication with a Fibre Channel (“

    FC”

    ) network;

    a plurality of Ethernet ports configured for communication with an Ethernet network; and

    a plurality of Data Center Ethernet (“

    DCE”

    ) ports, an individual DCE port in communication with another DCE port over a physical link that is configured as a plurality of virtual lanes, where each of the plurality of virtual lanes is dynamically assigned as either a drop lane or a no-drop lane with at least one virtual lane assigned as a drop lane while at least one other virtual lane is assigned as a no-drop lane.

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