TRANSPARENT TRANSPORT OF FIBRE CHANNEL TRAFFIC OVER PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORKS
    7.
    发明公开
    TRANSPARENT TRANSPORT OF FIBRE CHANNEL TRAFFIC OVER PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORKS 审中-公开
    在分组交换网络的光纤通道流量的透明传送

    公开(公告)号:EP1902546A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-26

    申请号:EP06756247.0

    申请日:2006-07-09

    发明人: ROTH, Moran

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28 H04J3/16

    摘要: A method for transporting fibre channel (FC) traffic over a packet-switched communication network (28) includes identifying a sub-sequence of repetitive FC signals in a first sequence of FC words accepted over a FC link from a source FC device (24A). The first sequence of FC words is translated into a second sequence of data packets in accordance with a communication protocol supported by the packet-switched communication network. The second sequence includes a repetition indication packet that identifies the sub-sequence of repetitive FC signals. The second sequence of the data packets is transported to a receiver (24B) over the packet-switched communication network using the communication protocol.

    Storage router, storage network and method for providing virtual local storage
    8.
    发明公开
    Storage router, storage network and method for providing virtual local storage 审中-公开
    存储路由器,网络和方法,用于提供的虚拟本地存储器

    公开(公告)号:EP1696638A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-30

    申请号:EP05027161.8

    申请日:1998-12-28

    IPC分类号: H04L29/12 G06F13/38

    摘要: A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fibre Channel devices. A plurality of Fibre Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fibre Channel transport medium (52), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) are connected to a SCSI bus transport medium (54). The storage router (56) interfaces between the Fibre Channel transport medium (52) and the SCSI bus transport medium (54). The storage router (56) maps between the workstations (58) and the SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) and implements access controls for storage space on the SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64). The storage router (56) then allows access from the workstations (58) to the SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) using native low level, block protocol in accordance with the mapping and the access controls.

    摘要翻译: 一种存储路由器(56)和存储网络(50)提供关于远程SCSI存储设备(60,62,64)到光纤通道设备的虚拟本地存储器。 光纤通道设备,:如工作站的多个(58)被连接到光纤通道传输介质(52),和SCSI存储设备(60,62,64)被连接到SCSI总线传输介质的多个(54 )。 存储路由器(56)的光纤通道传输介质(52)和SCSI总线传输介质(54)之间的接口。 存储路由器(56)的工作站(58)和SCSI存储设备(60,62,64)之间的映射,并实现访问控制用于在SCSI存储设备(60,62,64)的存储空间。 存储路由器(56),然后允许从工作站(58)对SCSI存储装置(60,62,64),使用天然低的水平,在与映射和访问控制雅舞蹈块协议访问。

    ADDRESS CONVERSION METHOD AND DEVICE IN A FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH
    9.
    发明公开
    ADDRESS CONVERSION METHOD AND DEVICE IN A FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH 审中-公开
    地址实施过程和设备在光纤通道切换单元

    公开(公告)号:EP1297662A2

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-02

    申请号:EP01944242.5

    申请日:2001-06-01

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56

    摘要: A method and apparatus that recognizes a portion of an address that would be unrecognizable to an intended associated switch or device and manipulates the portion of the address to make it recognizable. The apparatus and method manipulates a discontinuous address to provide the appearance to the associated device, switch or peripheral, that the address is continuous. This provides additional address capacity such that a new address is created within the switch itself for routing data within the switch. All or a portion of the switches in network are preassigned a chassis address, and each chassis also has a specific switch address that is different from the preassigned chassis address. An address adaptor provides translation of addresses and mapping within a switch so that in the event of a port failure, affected frames can be redirected from the failed port by employing the described translation and mapping operations.