Patent ID: 9515964
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing a Distributed Fibre Channel Switch, the method comprising: responsive to determining a Fibre Channel Data Forwarder (FDF) is out of sync with a controlling Fibre Channel Forwarder (cFCF), entering a recovery mode at the FDF; modifying the FDF based on a route distribution message received from the cFCF, wherein the route distribution message includes fabric-provided MAC addresses (FPMAs) provided by the cFCF; notifying the cFCF of differences between the FPMAs supplied by the route distribution message and the FPMAs known by the FDF; and leaving the recovery mode at the FDF and sending an acknowledgement to the cFCF.