Patent ID: 8958429
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a gateway device configured to be operatively coupled to a Fibre Channel switch by a first data port and a second data port, the gateway device configured to designate the first data port as a primary data port and the second data port as a secondary data port, the gateway device configured to associate a plurality of virtual ports with the first data port and not the second data port when the gateway device is in a first configuration, the gateway device configured to communicate with the Fibre Channel switch via the first data port and not via the second data port when the gateway device is in the first configuration, the gateway device configured to associate the plurality of virtual ports with the second data port when the gateway device is in a second configuration, the gateway device configured to communicate with the Fibre Channel switch via the second data port when the gateway device is in the second configuration, the gateway device moving, without sending a fabric login signal prior to a second time period after a first time period, from the first configuration to the second configuration when an error associated with the first data port is detected, the gateway device includes a control plane portion configured to send a reconfigure signal to a control plane portion of the Fibre Channel switch subsequent to the gateway device moving from the first configuration to the second configuration.