Fibre channel forwarder port configuration system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsVibin Varghese, Ramesh Kumar Subbiah
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Abstract
A Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) port auto-configuration system includes a Fibre Channel (FC) networking device and an FCF device that includes a plurality of ports. The FCF devices configures, in response to a link being established on a first port of the plurality of ports, the first port as a first type port that indicates that the first port is connected to a second type port on the FC networking device. The FCF device provides a first fabric login through the first type port. In response to the FCF device not receiving an acceptance of the first fabric login after a first predetermined time threshold, the FCF device configures the first port as the second type port.
Claims20
A Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) port auto-configuration system, comprising:
- a Fibre Channel (FC) networking device;
- and
- a FCF device that includes a plurality of ports and that is coupled to the FC networking device through at least one of the plurality of ports, wherein the FCF device is configured to:
- configure, in response to a link being established on a first port of the plurality of ports, the first port as a first type port that indicates that the first port is connected to a second type port on the FC networking device;
- provide a first fabric login through the first type port;
- and
- configure, in response to not receiving an acceptance of the first fabric login after a first predetermined time threshold, the first port as the second type port.
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a plurality of ports;
- a processing system that is coupled to the plurality of ports;
- and
- a messaging 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 an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) Proxy Gateway (NPG) engine that is configured to:
- configure, in response to a link being established on a first port of the plurality of ports, the first port as a first type port that indicates that the first port is connected to a second type port on a Fibre Channel (FC) networking device;
- provide a first fabric login through the first type port;
- and
- configure, in response to not receiving an acceptance of the first fabric login after a first predetermined time threshold, the first port as the second type port.
A method of Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) port configuration, comprising:
- a Fibre Channel (FC) networking device;
- and
- a FCF device that includes a plurality of ports and that is coupled to the FC networking device through at least one of the plurality of ports, wherein the FCF device is configured to:
- configuring, by a FCF device in response to a link being established on a first port of a plurality of ports, the first port as a first type port that indicates that the first port is connected to a second type port on a FC networking device;
- providing, by the FCF device, a first fabric login through the first type port;
- and
- configuring, by the FCF device and in response to not receiving an acceptance of the first fabric login after a first predetermined time threshold, the first port as the second type port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.