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(65) Prior Publication Data(57) ABSTRACT US 2010/O 103939 A1 Apr. 29, 2010 A Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) device obtains knowl (51) Int. Cl edge of the configuration of …

In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a first interface configured to be
communicatively coupled, via a network, to a second interface and a fiber channel services …

7,573,916 B1 8, 2009 Bechtolsheim et al. 7,586,915 B1 9, 2009 IndireSan et al. 7,606,886
B1 10/2009 Bechtolsheim et al. 7,616,637 B1 1 1/2009 Lee et al. 7,720,997 B1 5/2010 …

(57) ABSTRACT A method of initializing a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) link between
a Fiber Channel over Ethernet node (ENode) and Fiber Channel Forwarders (FCF s) in a …

6,519,231 6,611,869 6,665,273 6,667,982 6,668.282 6,693,878 6,732,189 6,757,286
6,763,469 6,785,232 6,785,265 6,789,121 6,798,775 6,801,533 6,813,268 6,826,698 …

The use of Ethernet as an underlying transport for Fiber Channel (FC) frames is disclosed in
the Fiber Channel Over Ethernet (FCOE) protocol. In FCOE, the FC physical layer and part of …

(57) ABSTRACT An Fibre Channel Switch which enables end devices in different Fabrics to
communicate with one another while retaining their unique Fibre Channel Domain IDs. The …

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an intake buffer module and a flow control
module configured to define an available bits indicator, the available bits indicator …

Methods and apparatus for the Transporting of Fibre Channel data over Ethernet are
disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, Fibre Channel data frame and primitive …