Integrated fibre channel support in an ethernet fabric switch
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1. A first switch, comprising:
- a plurality of ports comprising a first port capable of forwarding based on a first protocol in a network of interconnected switches and a second port capable of forwarding based on a second protocol;
a packet processor configured to;
construct a notification message indicating a physical switch identifier of a second switch, which operates based on the second protocol, as a second switch identifier of a third switch capable of operating based on the first protocol, wherein the physical switch identifier and the second switch identifier are of a same format;
determine the first port as an output port for the notification message, wherein the first port corresponds to another switch; and
determine the second port as an output port for a packet with the physical switch identifier as an egress switch identifier based on the physical switch identifier, wherein the second port corresponds to the second switch.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a packet processor and a device management module. During operation, the packet processor constructs a notification message containing a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) Routing Bridge (RBridge) identifier associated with a Fiber Channel router. The device management module operates in conjunction with the packet processor and terminates TRILL forwarding for a received TRILL packet with the RBridge identifier as an egress RBridge identifier.
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1. A first switch, comprising:
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a plurality of ports comprising a first port capable of forwarding based on a first protocol in a network of interconnected switches and a second port capable of forwarding based on a second protocol; a packet processor configured to; construct a notification message indicating a physical switch identifier of a second switch, which operates based on the second protocol, as a second switch identifier of a third switch capable of operating based on the first protocol, wherein the physical switch identifier and the second switch identifier are of a same format; determine the first port as an output port for the notification message, wherein the first port corresponds to another switch; and determine the second port as an output port for a packet with the physical switch identifier as an egress switch identifier based on the physical switch identifier, wherein the second port corresponds to the second switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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constructing, by a first switch, a notification message, wherein the first switch includes a plurality of ports comprising a first port capable of forwarding based on a first protocol in a network of interconnected switches and a second port capable of forwarding based on a second protocol; wherein the notification message indicates a physical switch identifier of a second switch, which operates based on the second protocol, as a second switch identifier of a third switch capable of operating based on the first protocol, wherein the physical switch identifier and the second switch identifier are of a same format; and determining the first port as an output port for the notification message, wherein the first port corresponds to another switch; and determining the second port as an output port for a packet with the physical switch identifier as an egress switch identifier based on the physical switch identifier, wherein the second port corresponds to the second switch. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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