Patent ID: 9246743
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: coupling a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) proxy point (FPP) that is connected to one or more endpoint devices with one or more other FPPs and a FCoE control and management plane (F-CMP) server, the FPP providing data plane functionality and the F-CMP server providing control plane functionality; proxying control and management traffic received at the FPP between the F-CMP server and the one or more end point devices connected to the FPP, wherein the control traffic dictates forwarding rules; and transmitting FCoE traffic received at the FPP from the one or more end point devices connected to the FPP to the one or more other FPPs without the FCoE traffic traversing the F-CMP server, the transmitting performed by data plane functionality of the FPP operating under directions from the control plane functionality of the F-CMP server.