Patent ID: 11907530
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
issuing, from an entity of a network, which network comprises entities comprising one or more hosts and one or more subsystems, to a discovery controller (DC), which maintains one or more zone configurations representing a set of access control rules that determine which of the one or more hosts are authorized to connect to which of the one or more subsystems and indicates one or more QoS parameters to use when forming these connections, a request to discover those entities that the entity is authorized to establish a connection with according to a zone configuration from one or more zone configurations;
receiving a response from the DC comprising:
a list of one or more entities according to the zone configuration; and
for at least one of the entities on the list, an indication of a QoS parameter to use for data traffic when corresponding with the at least one of the entities; and

using the QoS parameter to specify a QoS level for data traffic when corresponding with the at least one of the entities.