Multicast registered state change notification system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsRamesh Kumar Subbiah, Saravanan Obulisami
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Abstract
A registered state change notification system includes a switch device that is coupled to a plurality of end devices to provide a fabric. An application executing on the switch device detects a change that is associated with a zone in the fabric that includes a plurality of end devices and, in response, generates a multicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) that includes a Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) that is associated with the zone. Subsequently and without the use of the application, multicast hardware included in the switch device sends the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID to at least a subset of the plurality of end devices.
Claims20
A registered state change notification system, comprising:
- a plurality of end devices;
- and
- a switch device that is coupled to the plurality of end devices to provide a fabric, wherein the switch device is configured to:
- detect, using an application executing on the switch device, a change that is associated with a zone in the fabric that includes the plurality of end devices;
- generate, using the application and in response to detecting the change associated with the fabric, a multicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) that includes a Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) that is associated with the zone;
- and
- send, using multicast hardware included in the switch device and without the use of the application, the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID to a at least a subset of the plurality of end devices.
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a multicast hardware;
- a processing system coupled to the multicast hardware;
- and
- a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a registered state change notification engine that is configured to:
- detect a change that is associated with a zone in a fabric that includes a plurality of end devices;
- and
- generate, in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, a multicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) that includes a Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) that is associated with the zone,
- wherein the multicast hardware is configured to send the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID to at least a subset of the plurality of end devices.
A method for providing registered state change notifications, comprising:
- detecting, by an application executing on a switch device, a change that is associated with a zone in a fabric that includes a plurality of end devices;
- generating, by the application and in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, a multicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) that includes a Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) that is associated with the zone;
- and
- sending, by multicast hardware included in the switch device and without the use of the application, the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID to at least a subset of the plurality of end devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.