Patent ID: 9432290
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for implementing port negotiation between Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Forwarders (FCFs), comprising: sending, by a first FCF which includes a first Virtual Fiber Channel (VFC) port, a FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) Discovery Solicitation to a second VFC port on a second FCF, wherein the sending is within a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) corresponding to a Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) supported by the first VFC port and wherein the FIP Discovery Solicitation includes a VLAN ID of said VLAN; receiving, by the first VFC, a FIP Discovery Advertisement sent by the second FCF, wherein the FIP Discovery Advertisement includes a VSAN ID of a VSAN supported by the second VFC and a VLAN ID of a VLAN associated with the VSAN supported by the second VFC; determining, by the first FCF, an intersection of the VSAN and the VLAN supported by the first VFC port with the VSAN and the VLAN supported by the second VFC port; and performing, by the FCF, an Exchange Link Parameter (ELP) negotiation within the intersection of the VSAN and the VLAN.