Patent ID: 6199112
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for resolving a fibre channel device address on a network from a fully qualified domain name of a device, comprising:sending a domain name query containing the fully qualified domain name from a host computer over the network to a domain name server to determine an Internet Protocol address for the device;locating at the domain name server the Internet Protocol address for the device based on the fully qualified domain name;sending the device Internet Protocol address to the host computer;sending an address resolution protocol request containing the Internet protocol address from the host computer over the storage area network to determine a node name for the device;sending an address resolution protocol reply containing the device node name to the host computer;sending a fibre channel address resolution protocol request containing the device node name from the host computer to the device to determine a physical address of the device; andsending a fibre channel address resolution protocol reply containing the device physical address to the host computer.