Multicast advertisement message for a network switch in a storage area network
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsVivek AGARWAL, Rupin MOHAN, Krishna PUTTAGUNTA, Andrew E. S. MACKAY
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Abstract
In some examples, a network switch can connect to another network device in a Storage Area Network (SAN) to allow the network switch and the other network device to transfer data therebetween. The network switch can further receive a multicast advertisement message from the other network device. The network switch can parse the advertisement message to identify LUN metadata attributes for the other networking device.
Claims15
A network switch comprising:
- a communication engine to connect the network switch to another network device in a Storage Area Network (SAN) to allow the network switch and the other network device to transfer data therebetween;
- an advertisement receiving engine to receive a multicast advertisement message from the other network device, the advertisement message being parsable to identify Logical Volume Unit (LUN) metadata attributes for the other network device;
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- a parsing engine to parse the advertisement message to identify the LUN metadata attributes for the other networking device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, through a port of a network switch, a multicast advertisement message sent from another network device in the same Storage Area Network (SAN) as the network switch;
- parsing the rnulticast advertisement message to identify Logical Volume Unit (LUN) metadata attributes for the other network device inserted into the advertisement message by the other network device;
- determining an updated configuration for the network switch based on the identified LUN metadata attributes for the other network device;
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- updating the network switch based on the determined updated configuration.
A non-transitory computer-readable memory resource of a network device storing instructions that when executed causes a processing resource of the network device to allow creation and transmission of a multicast advertisement message, the memory resource comprising:
- communication instructions to allow the network device to connect to a network switch in a Storage Area Network (SAN) to allow the network device and the network switch to transfer data therebetween;
- advertisement creation instructions to create the multicast advertisement message for transmission through a management port of the network device, wherein the advertisement creation instructions are to include in the multicast advertisement message information identifying Logical Volume Unit (LUN) metadata attributes for a LUN of the network device;
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- advertisement transmission instructions to transmit the multicast advertisement message created by the advertisement creation instructions to the network switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.