Patent ID: 7466712
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for routing packets comprising: a first fabric having at least one domain; a first device connected to said first fabric; a second fabric having at least one domain; a second device connected to said second fabric; a routing system connected to said first and second fabrics for allowing said first and second devices to communicate, said routing system providing a proxy of said second device in said first fabric for addressing by said first device and a proxy of said first device in said second fabric for addressing by said second device, said routing system translating addresses in packets addressed to said second device proxy by said first device as being for said second device from said first device proxy and translating addresses in packets addressed to said first device proxy by said second device as being for said first device from said second device proxy, said routing system having a first port connected to said first fabric and a second port connected to said second fabric, said routing system presenting said first port as a first domain in said first fabric and said second port as a second domain in said second fabric, said routing system further presenting a third domain in said first fabric connected to said first domain, with said second device proxy connected to said third domain, and presenting a fourth domain in said second fabric connected to said second domain with said first device proxy connected to said fourth domain.