Capability Based Autonomous Storage Area Network Traffic Engineering

A network device comprising:

• one or more ingress points configured to receive one or more packets from a first network node;
• a first set of buffers configured to store packets associated with a first group of network nodes, the first group of network nodes configured to communicate at at least a first speed;
• and
• a packet processing logic configured to determine a communication speed of the first network node over a first channel,
• wherein the packet processing logic is configured to determine, based at least in part on the communication speed of the first network node, a group of networks nodes of a plurality of groups of network nodes to assign the first network node,
• wherein in response to determining that the communication speed of the first network node is greater than or equal to a first speed, assign the first network node to a first group nodes of the plurality of groups of network nodes;
• and
• store the one or more packets from the first network node in the first set of buffers.

A system comprising:

• one or more network nodes including a first network node;
• a network device coupled to the one or more network nodes, wherein each network node of the one or more network nodes is connected to the network device via a respective communication channel, wherein the first node is coupled to the first network device via a first channel, the network device comprising:
• one or more ingress points configured to receive one or more packets from the first network node;
• a first set of buffers configured to store packets associated with a first group of network nodes, the first group of network nodes configured to communicate at at least a first speed;
• and
• a packet processing logic configured to determine a communication speed of the first network node over the first channel,
• wherein the packet processing logic is configured to determine, based at least in part on the communication speed of the first network node, a group of networks nodes of a plurality of groups of network nodes to assign the first network node,
• wherein in response to determining that the communication speed of the first network node is greater than or equal to a first speed, assign the first network node to a first group nodes of the plurality of groups of network nodes;
• and
• store the one or more packets from the first network node in the first set of buffers.