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Fibre channel over ethernet

  • US 9,246,834 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2014
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network device, comprising:

  • 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; and

    buffer space dynamically assigned to each virtual lane.

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