Patent ID: 8284785
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling direct communications between a number of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) devices in an Ethernet network, said method comprising: registering said FCoE devices with a name server in said Ethernet network, said name server configured to accept or reject registration of each FCoE device, and upon acceptance of a registration, store at least one object associated with the registered FCoE device, said at least one object comprising a Port_Name or a Node_Name containing a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the FCoE device; receiving, at said name server, a discovery request from an origination FCoE device to discover all other registered FCoE devices in said Ethernet network; and in response to said discovery request, retrieving a plurality of objects stored in said name server for said other registered FCoE devices and sending said objects to said origination FCoE device, each of said objects indicative of a MAC address of its associated FCoE device.