Patent ID: 9639498
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y02D

Claim:
1. An Ethernet/Fibre Channel conversion system, comprising: a chassis having a first end and a second end that is located opposite the chassis from the first end; an Ethernet interface located on the first end of the chassis, wherein the Ethernet interface is the only Ethernet interface on the chassis and is configured to directly mate with an Ethernet port on an Ethernet device; a Fibre Channel interface located on the second end of the chassis, wherein the Fibre Channel interface is the only Fibre Channel Interface on the chassis; a protocol conversion processor that is housed in the chassis and that is coupled between the Ethernet interface and the Fibre Channel interface; and a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the protocol conversion processor, cause the protocol conversion processor to: