Patent ID: 9531644
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of network control entities associated with a distributed multi-stage switch, each network control entity from the plurality of network control entities configured to manage at least one edge device having a plurality of ports and coupled to the distributed multi-stage switch, the at least one edge device not included in the distributed multi-stage switch, each network control entity from the plurality of network control entities being associated with a unique set of identifiers, a first network control entity from the plurality of network control entities and instantiated on a first edge device of the distributed multi-stage switch including a Fabric Login (FLOGI) server implemented by a processor associated with the first network control entity, and configured to request a unique identifier from the unique set of identifiers from a Distributed FLOGI Server Coordinator (DFSC) of a management module instantiated on a second edge device of the distributed multi-stage switch and implemented by a processor associated with the management module, the FLOGI server configured to assign a unique identifier from the set of identifiers associated with the first network control entity to a port from the plurality of ports of at least one edge device managed by the first network control entity in response to receiving, at the FLOGI server, a login request associated with the port, the FLOGI server configured to send the unique identifier to the port, the first network control entity configured to forward data from the login request from the at least one edge device to at least one other network control entity from the plurality of network control entities, each network control entity from the plurality of network control entities includes an instance of a Fibre Channel Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) module, the RSCN module configured to obtain, from a sub zone server of that network control entity, zone membership information of a node port of the at least one edge device, the RSCN module configured to modify a list of detected ports stored at the RSCN module based on the zone membership information of the node port.