Patent ID: 7254329
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing multiple commands to a streaming target device through a SCSI router in a Fibre Channel network having a plurality of Fibre Channel hosts, comprising the steps of, in the SCSI router: creating a FIFO queue; receiving a first command from one of the plurality of Fibre Channel hosts and forwarding the first command to the streaming target device; processing a subsequent command from one of either said one of the plurality of Fibre Channel hosts or from one of other ones of the plurality of Fibre Channel hosts, comprising: repeating the step of processing the subsequent command from one of either said one of the plurality of Fibre Channel hosts or said one of other ones of the plurality of the second Fibre Channel hosts for at least one additional subsequent command, wherein the subsequent command is the first command and the at least one additional subsequent command is the subsequent command.