Probing device
AssigneeBrocade Communications Systems, Inc.
InventorsJieming Zhu, Paul Ramsay, Vince Guan, Kha Sin Teow
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Abstract
A probing device for resolving the limitations of fabric registration by providing a fabric with a system and method for concurrently probing multiple end-devices, which would otherwise be unusable to register with the fabric, to registration information. In addition, by relying upon the probing device, a fabric can avoid requiring any end-devices from having to initiate registration with the fabric.
Claims20
A system for providing registration services to a plurality of end-devices coupled to a fabric, at least one of the plurality of end-devices lacking functionality to initiate login to a fabric, comprising:
- an inquiry module within the fabric for initiating login with the at least one end-device lacking functionality to initiate login, to receive registration information from the end-device;
- and
- a server module, coupled to the inquiry module, for recording the received registration information corresponding to the at least one end-device lacking functionality to initiate login and providing a querying end-device of the plurality of end-devices with the recorded registration information of the end-device lacking functionality to initiate login.
A Fibre Channel system for providing registration services to a plurality of Fibre Channel compliant end-devices, coupled to a fabric, at least one of the plurality of Fibre-Channel compliant end-devices lacking functionality to initiate login to a fabric, comprising:
- an inquiry module within the fabric for initiating login with the at least one Fibre-Channel compliant end-devices lacking functionality to initiate login to a fabric, to receive registration information from the end-device;
- and
- a server module, coupled to the inquiry module, for recording the received registration information corresponding to the at least one Fibre Channel compliant end-device lacking functionality to initiate login and for providing a querying Fibre Channel compliant end-device of the plurality of Fibre Channel compliant end-devices with the recorded registration information of the Fibre-Channel compliant end-device lacking functionality to initiate login.
A method for providing registration services to a plurality of end-devices coupled to a fabric, at least one of the plurality of end-devices lacking functionality to initiate login to a fabric comprising the steps of:
- initiating login with the at least one end-device lacking functionality to initiate login, to receive registration information from the end-device;
- and
- recording within a server module the received registration information corresponding to the at least one end-device lacking functionality to initiate login and providing a querying end-device of the plurality of end-devices with the recorded registration information of the end-device lacking functionality to initiate login.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.