Source: http://www.google.com/patents/US7930377?dq=FRAIOLI
Timestamp: 2014-07-25 01:44:10
Document Index: 292381305

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 05', 'Application No. 05798761', 'Application No. 05798761', 'Application No. 200580032948', 'Application No. 200580032948', 'Application No. 200580032888', 'Application No. 200580032947']

Patent US7930377 - Method and system for using boot servers in networks - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA method and system for booting a server and/or server blade in a network is provided. The system includes, a boot server that is used to store plural WWPNs, an active profile for the server and a boot schedule, wherein a HBA registers a default WWPN and/or HBA profile with the boot server and if the...http://www.google.com/patents/US7930377?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7930377 - Method and system for using boot servers in networksAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7930377 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/957,465Publication dateApr 19, 2011Filing dateOct 1, 2004Priority dateApr 23, 2004Also published asUS20060047852Publication number10957465, 957465, US 7930377 B2, US 7930377B2, US-B2-7930377, US7930377 B2, US7930377B2InventorsShishir Shah, Edward C McGlaughlinOriginal AssigneeQlogic, CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (114), Non-Patent Citations (221), Referenced by (1), Classifications (8), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod and system for using boot servers in networksUS 7930377 B2Abstract A method and system for booting a server and/or server blade in a network is provided. The system includes, a boot server that is used to store plural WWPNs, an active profile for the server and a boot schedule, wherein a HBA registers a default WWPN and/or HBA profile with the boot server and if the HBA is configured to boot using a management application, the boot server provides a WWPN to the HBA. The management application includes, a graphical user interface for creating a LUN for a storage system and assigning the LUN to be a boot LUN, wherein the graphical user interface can access a boot server for booting a server.
Patent CitationsCited PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitleUS4081612Jul 14, 1976Mar 28, 1978Hasler AgMethod for building-up of routing addresses in a digital telecommunication networkUS4162375Jan 19, 1978Jul 24, 1979Siemens AktiengesellschaftTime-divison multiplex switching network with spatial switching stagesUS4200929Jan 23, 1978Apr 29, 1980Davidjuk Alexandr DInput device for delivery of data from digital transmittersUS4258418Dec 28, 1978Mar 24, 1981International Business Machines CorporationVariable capacity data buffer systemUS4268906Dec 22, 1978May 19, 1981International Business Machines CorporationData processor input/output controllerUS4333143Nov 19, 1979Jun 1, 1982Texas InstrumentsInput process sequence controllerUS4344132Dec 14, 1979Aug 10, 1982International Business Machines CorporationSerial storage interface apparatus for coupling a serial storage mechanism to a data processor input/output busUS4382159May 29, 1981May 3, 1983Bowditch Robert SBlow actuated microphoneUS4425640Apr 20, 1981Jan 10, 1984The Plessey Company PlcTelecommunications switching network using digital switching modulesUS4449182Oct 5, 1981May 15, 1984Digital Equipment CorporationInterface between a pair of processors, such as host and peripheral-controlling processors in data processing systemsUS4475192Feb 16, 1982Oct 2, 1984At&T Bell LaboratoriesData packet flow control scheme for switching networksUS4546468Sep 13, 1982Oct 8, 1985At&T Bell LaboratoriesSwitching network control circuitUS4549263Dec 7, 1984Oct 22, 1985Texas Instruments IncorporatedDevice interface controller for input/output controllerUS4569043Sep 3, 1985Feb 4, 1986Gte Automatic Electric Inc.Arrangement for interfacing the space stage to the time stages of a T-S-T digital switching systemUS4691296Nov 16, 1984Sep 1, 1987Allen-Bradley Company, Inc.Method and apparatus for exchanging multiple data bytes with an I/O module in a single scan.US4716561Aug 26, 1985Dec 29, 1987American Telephone And Telegraph Company, At&T Bell LaboratoriesDigital transmission including add/drop moduleUS4725835Sep 13, 1985Feb 16, 1988T-Bar IncorporatedTime multiplexed bus matrix switching systemUS4777595Mar 24, 1986Oct 11, 1988Digital Equipment CorporationApparatus for transferring blocks of information from one node to a second node in a computer networkUS4783730Sep 19, 1986Nov 8, 1988Datapoint CorporationInput/output control technique utilizing multilevel memory structure for processor and I/O communicationUS4783739Jan 19, 1983Nov 8, 1988Geophysical Service Inc.Input/output command processorUS4803622May 7, 1987Feb 7, 1989Intel CorporationProgrammable I/O sequencer for use in an I/O processorUS4821034Feb 6, 1987Apr 11, 1989Ancor Communications, Inc.Digital exchange switch element and networkUS4860193May 22, 1986Aug 22, 1989International Business Machines CorporationSystem for efficiently transferring data between a high speed channel and a low speed I/O deviceUS4964119Apr 6, 1989Oct 16, 1990Hitachi, Ltd.Method and system for packet exchangeUS4980857Jun 7, 1989Dec 25, 1990Allied-Signal Inc.Operations controller for a fault tolerant multiple node processing systemUS5025370Sep 2, 1986Jun 18, 1991Koegel Robert JCircuit for preventing lock-out of high priority requests to a system controllerUS5051742Mar 8, 1990Sep 24, 1991Robert M. NewmanQueueing protocolUS5090011Dec 21, 1989Feb 18, 1992Hitachi, Ltd.Packet congestion control method and packet switching equipmentUS5115430Sep 24, 1990May 19, 1992At&T Bell LaboratoriesFair access of multi-priority traffic to distributed-queue dual-bus networksUS5129064Aug 27, 1990Jul 7, 1992International Business Machines CorporationSystem and method for simulating the I/O of a processing systemUS5144622Oct 5, 1990Sep 1, 1992Hitachi, Ltd.Network systemUS5151899Feb 11, 1991Sep 29, 1992Digital Equipment CorporationTracking sequence numbers in packet data communication systemUS5212795Feb 10, 1992May 18, 1993California Institute Of TechnologyProgrammable DMA controllerUS5249279Nov 3, 1989Sep 28, 1993Compaq Computer CorporationMethod for controlling disk array operations by receiving logical disk requests and translating the requests to multiple physical disk specific commandsUS5258751Nov 4, 1991Nov 2, 1993Motorola, Inc.Method of presenting messages for a selective call receiverUS5260933May 15, 1992Nov 9, 1993International Business Machines CorporationAcknowledgement protocol for serial data network with out-of-order deliveryUS5260935Mar 1, 1991Nov 9, 1993Washington UniversityData packet resequencer for a high speed data switchUS5276807Jul 20, 1990Jan 4, 1994Emulex CorporationBus interface synchronization circuitry for reducing time between successive data transmission in a system using an asynchronous handshakingUS5280483Aug 9, 1991Jan 18, 1994Fujitsu LimitedTraffic control system for asynchronous transfer mode exchangeUS5291481Oct 4, 1991Mar 1, 1994At&T Bell LaboratoriesCongestion control for high speed packet networksUS5321816Dec 9, 1992Jun 14, 1994Unisys CorporationLocal-remote apparatus with specialized image storage modulesUS5339311Jan 19, 1993Aug 16, 1994Washington UniversityData packet resequencer for a high speed data switchUS5347638Apr 15, 1991Sep 13, 1994Seagate Technology, Inc.Method and apparatus for reloading microinstruction code to a SCSI sequencerUS5367520Nov 25, 1992Nov 22, 1994Bell Communcations Research, Inc.Method and system for routing cells in an ATM switchUS5371861Sep 15, 1992Dec 6, 1994International Business Machines Corp.Personal computer with small computer system interface (SCSI) data flow storage controller capable of storing and processing multiple command descriptions ("threads")US5390173Oct 22, 1992Feb 14, 1995Digital Equipment CorporationPacket format in hub for packet data communications systemUS5425022Dec 6, 1993Jun 13, 1995British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyData switching nodesUS5448702Mar 2, 1993Sep 5, 1995International Business Machines CorporationAdapters with descriptor queue management capabilityUS5528591Jan 31, 1995Jun 18, 1996Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.End-to-end credit-based flow control system in a digital communication networkUS5537400Apr 15, 1994Jul 16, 1996Dsc Communications CorporationBuffered crosspoint matrix for an asynchronous transfer mode switch and method of operationUS5568165Oct 22, 1993Oct 22, 1996Auravision CorporationVideo processing technique using multi-buffer video memoryUS5568167Sep 23, 1994Oct 22, 1996C-Cube Microsystems, Inc.System for providing antialiased video overlaysUS5568614Jul 29, 1994Oct 22, 1996International Business Machines CorporationData streaming between peer subsystems of a computer systemUS5579443Mar 3, 1995Nov 26, 1996Nippondenso Co., Ltd.Emergency vehicular communication device capable of contacting a plurality of servicesUS5588000Mar 27, 1995Dec 24, 1996Emulex CorporationApparatus for reordering data frames within an interface deviceUS5590125Jun 5, 1995Dec 31, 1996The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New YorkMethod and apparatus for supporting mobile communications in asynchronous transfer mode based networksUS5594672May 20, 1994Jan 14, 1997Micro Energetics CorporationFor turning on and off a computer peripheralUS5598541Oct 24, 1994Jan 28, 1997Lsi Logic CorporationNode loop port communication interface super core for fibre channelUS5610745Oct 26, 1995Mar 11, 1997Hewlett-Packard Co.Method and apparatus for tracking buffer availabilityUS5623492Mar 24, 1995Apr 22, 1997U S West Technologies, Inc.Methods and systems for managing bandwidth resources in a fast packet switching networkUS5633867Jul 1, 1994May 27, 1997Digital Equipment CorporationLocal memory buffers management for an ATM adapter implementing credit based flow controlUS5638518Oct 24, 1994Jun 10, 1997Lsi Logic CorporationNode loop core for implementing transmission protocol in fibre channelUS5647057Sep 9, 1994Jul 8, 1997Texas Instruments IncorporatedMultiple block transfer mechanismUS5664197Apr 21, 1995Sep 2, 1997Intel CorporationComputer systemUS5666483Sep 22, 1995Sep 9, 1997Honeywell Inc.Redundant processing system architectureUS5671365Oct 20, 1995Sep 23, 1997Symbios Logic Inc.In a computing systemUS5677909May 11, 1994Oct 14, 1997Spectrix CorporationApparatus for exchanging data between a central station and a plurality of wireless remote stations on a time divided commnication channelUS5687172Dec 30, 1994Nov 11, 1997Lucent Technologies Inc.Terabit per second distribution networkUS5687387Mar 24, 1995Nov 11, 1997Packard Bell NecEnhanced active port replicator having expansion and upgrade capabilitiesUS5701416Apr 13, 1995Dec 23, 1997Cray Research, Inc.Adaptive routing mechanism for torus interconnection networkUS5706279Feb 18, 1997Jan 6, 1998U S West Technologies, Inc.Methods and systems for managing packet flow into a fast packet switching networkUS5729762Apr 21, 1995Mar 17, 1998Intel CorporationInput output controller having interface logic coupled to DMA controller and plurality of address lines for carrying control information to DMA agentUS5732206Jul 23, 1996Mar 24, 1998International Business Machines CorporationMethod, apparatus and program product for disruptive recovery in a data processing systemUS5740467Sep 21, 1994Apr 14, 1998Digital Equipment CorporationApparatus and method for controlling interrupts to a host during data transfer between the host and an adapterUS5748612Aug 10, 1995May 5, 1998Mcdata CorporationMethod and apparatus for implementing virtual circuits in a fibre channel systemUS5751710Jun 11, 1996May 12, 1998Cisco Technology, Inc.Technique for connecting cards of a distributed network switchUS5757771Nov 14, 1995May 26, 1998Yurie Systems, Inc.Queue management to serve variable and constant bit rate traffic at multiple quality of service levels in a ATM switchUS5758187Mar 15, 1996May 26, 1998Adaptec, Inc.Method for enhancing performance of a RAID 1 read operation using a pair of I/O command blocks in a chain structureUS5761427Jul 14, 1997Jun 2, 1998Digital Equipment CorporationMethod and apparatus for updating host memory in an adapter to minimize host CPU overhead in servicing an interruptUS5764927Sep 29, 1995Jun 9, 1998Allen Bradley Company, Inc.Backplane data transfer technique for industrial automation controllersUS5768271Apr 12, 1996Jun 16, 1998Alcatel Data Networks Inc.Virtual private networkUS5768533Sep 1, 1995Jun 16, 1998National Semiconductor CorporationVideo coding using segmented frames and retransmission to overcome channel errorsUS5784358Mar 8, 1995Jul 21, 1998Oxford Brookes UniversityBroadband switching network with automatic bandwidth allocation in response to data cell detectionUS5790545Mar 14, 1996Aug 4, 1998Motorola Inc.Efficient output-request packet switch and methodUS5790840Aug 15, 1997Aug 4, 1998International Business Machines CorporationTimestamp systems, methods and computer program products for data processing systemUS5812525Apr 10, 1997Sep 22, 1998U S West Technologies, Inc.Methods and systems for managing bandwidth resources in a fast packet switching networkUS5818842Jan 20, 1995Oct 6, 1998Newbridge Networks CorporationTransparent interconnector of LANs by an ATM networkUS5821875Dec 26, 1995Oct 13, 1998Electronics And Telecommunications Research InstituteFor connecting between communication terminalsUS5822300Apr 2, 1996Oct 13, 1998Compaq Computer CorporationSystem for managing congestion within a data communication systemUS5825748Apr 8, 1997Oct 20, 1998International Business Machines CorporationCredit-based flow control checking and correction systemUS5828475Jan 29, 1997Oct 27, 1998Mcdata CorporationBypass switching and messaging mechanism for providing intermix data transfer for a fiber optic switch using a bypass bus and bufferUS5828903Nov 19, 1996Oct 27, 1998Intel CorporationSystem for performing DMA transfer with a pipeline control switching such that the first storage area contains location of a buffer for subsequent transferUS5835496Apr 30, 1996Nov 10, 1998Mcdata CorporationMethod and apparatus for data alignmentUS5835748Dec 19, 1995Nov 10, 1998Intel CorporationMethod for executing different sets of instructions that cause a processor to perform different data type operations on different physical registers files that logically appear to software as a single aliased register fileUS5835752Oct 18, 1996Nov 10, 1998Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Bus interfaceUS5850386Nov 1, 1996Dec 15, 1998Wandel & Goltermann Technologies, Inc.Protocol analyzer for monitoring digital transmission networksUS5875343Mar 20, 1997Feb 23, 1999Lsi Logic CorporationIn a computing systemUS5881296Oct 2, 1996Mar 9, 1999Intel CorporationMethod for improved interrupt processing in a computer systemUS5892604May 7, 1997Apr 6, 1999Nippon Telegraph And Telephone CorporationATM switchUS5974547 *Mar 20, 1998Oct 26, 19993Com CorporationTechnique for reliable network booting of an operating system to a client computerUS6209089 *Aug 12, 1998Mar 27, 2001Microsoft CorporationCorrecting for changed client machine hardware using a server-based operating systemUS6301612 *Aug 12, 1998Oct 9, 2001Microsoft CorporationEstablishing one computer as a replacement for another computerUS6606690 *Feb 20, 2001Aug 12, 2003Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.System and method for accessing a storage area network as network attached storageUS6988130 *May 6, 2002Jan 17, 2006Emc CorporationVirtual ports for partitioning of data storageUS6988149 *Feb 26, 2002Jan 17, 2006Lsi Logic CorporationIntegrated target maskingUS7051182 *Sep 5, 2003May 23, 2006Emc CorporationMapping of hosts to logical storage units and data storage ports in a data processing systemUS7233985 *Jan 23, 2004Jun 19, 2007Apple Inc.Providing a reliable operating system for clients of a net-booted environmentUS7287063 *Oct 5, 2001Oct 23, 2007International Business Machines CorporationStorage area network methods and apparatus using event notifications with dataUS20020194294 *May 6, 2002Dec 19, 2002Blumenau Steven M.Virtual ports for partitioning of data storageUS20030120743 *Dec 21, 2001Jun 26, 2003Coatney Susan M.System and method of implementing disk ownership in networked storageUS20030126242 *Dec 28, 2001Jul 3, 2003Chang Albert H.Network boot system and method using remotely-stored, client-specific boot images created from shared, base snapshot imageUS20030172239 *Oct 5, 2001Sep 11, 2003Swank Raymond MatthewStorage area network methods and apparatus for identifiying fiber channel devices in kernel modeUS20040054866 *Sep 5, 2003Mar 18, 2004Blumenau Steven M.Mapping of hosts to logical storage units and data storage ports in a data processing systemUS20040153526 *Jan 23, 2004Aug 5, 2004Haun C. K.Providing a reliable operating system for clients of a net-booted environment* Cited by examinerNon-Patent CitationsReference1"Examination Report from the European Patent Office dated Oct. 12, 2007 for European Application No. 05 805 632.6".2"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Dec. 20, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,337".3"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Dec. 21, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/961,463".4"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jan. 10, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/263,858".5"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jan. 11, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/664,548".6"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jan. 8, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,551".7"Office Action from the USPTO dated Jan. 4, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/039,189".8"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 3, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/241,153".9"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 6, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,718".10"Office Action from USPTO dated Aug. 20, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/302,149".11"Office Action from USPTO dated Aug. 31, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,635".12"Office Action from USPTO dated Dec. 5, 2006 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/212,425".13"Office Action from USPTO dated Dec. 7, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/961,463".14"Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 19, 2006 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/212,425".15"Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 19, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/302,149".16"Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 9, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,468".17"Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 9, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/608,634".18"Office Action from USPTO dated Jul. 11, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/263,858".19"Office Action from USPTO dated Jul. 3, 2007 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/664,548".20"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 1, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/961,463".21"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 28, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,529".22"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 21, 2006 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,588".23"Office Action from USPTO dated May 21, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/212,425".24"Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 13, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,586".25"Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 15, 2006 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/263,858".26"Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 16, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/241,153".27"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 11, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,629".28"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 17, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,917".29"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 18, 2006 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/241,153".30"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 23, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,597".31"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 25, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,491".32"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 25, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,536".33"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 25, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,579".34"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 3, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,717".35"Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 4, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,627".36"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 10, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,255".37"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 14, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,978".38"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 19, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,492".39"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 20, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,527".40"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 20, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,259".41"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 20, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,267".42"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 4, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,551".43"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 6, 2007 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,337".44"PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.0", (Apr. 29, 2002),195-196.45"Communication Under Rule 71(3) EPC indicating allowance of application dated Apr. 9, 2010 from European Patent Office for European Application No. 05798761.2".46"Examination Report from European Patent Office dated Mar. 27, 2009 for European Application No. 05798761.2".47"Fibre Channel Generic Services�3 (FC-GS-3) Rev. 7.01, NCITS Working Draft Proposed American National Standard for Information Technology,", T11/Project 1356 D/Rev 7.01, (Nov. 28, 2000).48"Fibre Channel Switch Fabric�2(FC-SW-2) Rev 5.4 NCITS Working Draft Proposed American National Standard for Information Technology", T11/Project 1305-D/Rev 5.4, (Jun. 2001).49"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 1, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,717".50"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 23, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,255".51"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 25, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,579".52"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 29, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,491".53"Final Office Action from USPTO Dated Aug. 4, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,732".54"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Dec. 2, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,955".55"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Dec. 24, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,726".56"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Feb. 12, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,732".57"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 21, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,827".58"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Jul. 9, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,917".59"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 10, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,586".60"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 4, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,978".61"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 5, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,267".62"Final Office Action from USPTO dated May 12, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,492".63"Final Office Action from USPTO dated May 21, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,635".64"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 10, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/057,912".65"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 13, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,587".66"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 17, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,595".67"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 26, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,546".68"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 8, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/057,912".69"Final Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 15, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,501".70"Non-Final Office Action from USPTO dated Oct. 10, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,627".71"Notice of Allowance from the USPTO dated Sep. 29, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,267".72"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Apr. 10, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/241,153".73"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Apr. 18, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,597".74"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Apr. 27, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/363,365".75"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Apr. 4, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/608,634".76"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Apr. 7, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/682,199".77"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Apr. 9, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/039,189".78"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Aug. 18, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,259".79"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Dec. 30, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,922".80"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Feb. 10, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,595".81"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Feb. 25, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,827".82"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Feb. 27, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/895,175".83"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Feb. 8, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,529".84"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jan. 12, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,955".85"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jan. 21, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,547".86"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jul. 17, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,536".87"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jul. 6, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,587".88"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jul. 9, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,579".89"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jul. 9, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,629".90"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jul. 9, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,726".91"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jun. 25, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,491".92"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Jun. 27, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,717".93"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Mar. 20, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,978".94"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Mar. 23, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/198,644".95"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Mar. 31, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/031,585".96"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Mar. 6, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,502".97"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Mar. 9, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,635".98"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated May 18, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,917".99"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated May 26, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,627".100"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated May 28, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/141,519".101"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated May 5, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,468".102"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Nov. 2, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/189,497".103"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Oct. 15, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,492".104"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Oct. 8, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/798 527".105"Notice of Allowance from USPTO dated Oct. 8, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,255".106"Notification of Grant of Patent from the State Intellectual Property Office of P.R.C. dated Mar. 25, 2010 for Chinese Application. No. 200580032948.4".107"Office Action dated Jun. 19, 2009 from State Intellectual Property Office for Chinese Application No. 200580032948.4".108"Office Action from China State Intellectual Property Office dated Dec. 11, 2009 for Chinese Application No. 200580032948.4".109"Office Action from Chinese State Intellectual Property Office dated Jul. 10, 2009 for Chinese Application No. 200580032888.6".110"Office Action from State Intellectual Property Office dated Dec. 4, 2009 for Chinese Application No. 200580032947.X".111"Office Action from State Intellectual Property Office of China dated May 20, 2010 for Chinese Application. No. 200580032947.X".112"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 11, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,595".113"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 14, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,627".114"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 17, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,689".115"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 2, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,256".116"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 23, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/191,890".117"Office Action from USPTO dated Apr. 3, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,587".118"Office Action from USPTO dated Dec. 2, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/141,519".119"Office Action from USPTO dated Dec. 23, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,468".120"Office Action from USPTO dated Feb. 12, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/057,912".121"Office Action from USPTO dated Feb. 17, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,732".122"Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 17, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,586".123"Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 26, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,501".124"Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 6, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,501".125"Office Action from USPTO dated Jul. 23, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,732".126"Office Action from USPTO dated Jul. 25, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,827".127"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 10, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/259,197".128"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 25, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/895,175".129"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 25, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,547".130"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 26, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,547".131"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 27, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 0/894,726".132"Office Action from USPTO dated Jun. 8, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,955".133"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 16, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,501".134"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 20, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,732".135"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 25, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,546".136"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 29, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/189,502".137"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 5, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,259".138"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 7, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,629".139"Office Action from USPTO dated Mar. 9, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/057,912".140"Office Action from USPTO dated May 14, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,502".141"Office Action from USPTO dated May 14, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/682,199".142"Office Action from USPTO dated May 15, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,527".143"Office Action from USPTO dated May 2, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/037,922".144"Office Action from USPTO dated May 27, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,955".145"Office Action from USPTO dated May 27, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/267,188".146"Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 13, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,917".147"Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 26, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,547".148"Office Action from USPTO dated Nov. 26, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,502".149"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 18, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,978".150"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 23, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/031,585".151"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 25, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/682,199".152"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 29, 2008 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/363,365".153"Office Action from USPTO dated Sep. 8, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 11/743,852".154"Project-T11/1619-D/Rev. 0.50", Information technology Industry Council, Fibre Channel: Framing and Signaling-2, Dec. 2004, Rev. 0.50, (Dec. 2004),76, 81,114, 115.155Banks, David C., at al., "Link Trunking and Measuring Link Latency in Fibre Channel Fabric", U.S. Appl. No. 60/286,046, 1-52.156Brown, Douglas W., "A State-Machine Synthesizer", 18th Design Automation Conference, (1981),301-305.157Budruk, Ravi et al., "PCI Express System Architecture", (2004)434, 436-439,442-443.158Clark, Tom, "Zoning for Fibre Channel Fabrics", Vixel Corporation Paper-XP002185194., (Aug. 1999), pp. 1-6.159Clark, Tom, "Zoning for Fibre Channel Fabrics", Vixel Corporation Paper�XP002185194., (Aug. 1999), pp. 1-6.160Claudio DeSanti, "Virtual Fabrics Switch Support" ; VF Switch Support, T11/04-395v2. Sep. 2004, pp. 1-15.161Curtis, A. R., "Design Considerations for 10-Gbit Fibre Channel", Curtis A. Ridgeway, Distinguished I/O Architect, Storage and Computing ASIC's Division, LSI Logic Corp.162DeSanti et al, "Virtual Fabrics"; Virtual Fabrics, T11/03-352v0, May 2003; pp. 1-4.163Final Office Action from USPTO dated Jan. 26, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 10/895,175.164International Preliminary Report on Patentability dated Apr. 11, 2007, for International patent application No. PCT/US2005/034845.165International Preliminary Report on Patentability dated Apr. 3, 2007, for International patent application No. PCT/US2005/034758.166International Preliminary Report on Patentability dated Apr. 3, 2007, for International patent application No. PCT/US2005/034844.167International Preliminary Report on Patentability dated Apr. 3, 2007, for International patent application No. PCT/US2005/035064.168International Preliminary Report on Patentability dated Jul. 24, 2007, for International patent application No. PCT/US2005/42528.169Malavalli, et al., "Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling (FC-FS) Rev 1.10", NCITS working draft proposed American National Standard for Information Technology, (Jan. 25, 2001).170Malavalli, Kumar , "High Speed Fibre Channel Switching Fabric Devices", Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE, Bellingham, VA, USA vol. 1577,, XP000562869, ISSN: 0277-786X,(Sep. 4, 1991),216-226.171Malavalli, Kumar, et al., "Distributed Computing with fibre channel fabric" Proc of the Computer Soc. Int'l Conf., Los Alamitos, IEEE Comp Soc. Press., vol. Conf. 37, XP000340745, (Feb. 24, 1992), pp. 269-274.172Martin et al , "Virtual Channel Architecture" , Presentation by Brocade to T11/03-369V0 dated Jun. 2, 2003.173Martin, Charles R., "Fabric Interconnection of fibre channel standard nodes", Proceedings of the SPIE, (Sep. 8, 1992), pp. 65-71.174Melhem, et al., "Minimizing Wavelength Conversions in WDM Path Establishment", Computer Science Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (2001),197-211.175Pelissier et al, "Inter-Fabric Routing" , dated Jul. 30, 2004, Inter Fabric Routing (04-520v0); pp. 1-31.176Qlogic SANsurfer VDS Manager, by Tim Lustig and Keith Hageman; QLOGIC Publication-Mar. 2004.177Qlogic SANsurfer VDS Manager, by Tim Lustig and Keith Hageman; QLOGIC Publication�Mar. 2004.178Ridgeway, Curt , "0GFC-40GFC using 4-lane XAUI's", LSI Logic Presentation�T11/03-069v0.179U.S. Appl. No. 10/212,425, filed Aug. 5, 2002, Method And System For Flexible Routing In A Fibre Channel System.180U.S. Appl. No. 10/241,153, filed Sep. 11, 2002, Zone Mangement In A Multi-Module Fibre Channel Switch.181U.S. Appl. No. 10/263,858, filed Oct. 2003/2002, Method And System For Using Distributed Name Servers In Multi-Module Fibre Channel Switching.182U.S. Appl. No. 10/266,360, filed Oct. 7, 2002, Method And System For Reducing Congestion In Computer Networks.183U.S. Appl. No. 10/302,149, filed Nov. 22, 2002, Method And System For Controlling Packet Flow In Networks.184U.S. Appl. No. 10/664,548, filed Sep. 19, 2003, Buffer to Buffer Credit Recovery for In-Line Fibre Channel Credit Extension Devices.185U.S. Appl. No. 10/719,077, filed Nov. 21, 2003, Method and System for Monitoring Events in Storage Area Networks.186U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,468, filed Mar. 11, 2004, Method and System for Reducing Deadlock in Fibre Channel Fabrics using Virtual Lanes.187U.S. Appl. No. 10/798,527, filed Mar. 11, 2004, Method and System for Preventing Deadlock in Fibre Channel Fabrics using Frame Priorities.188U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,255, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method and Apparatus for Test Pattern Generation.189U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,256, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method And Apparatus For Accelerating Receive-Modify-Send Frames In A Fibre Channel Network.190U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,259, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method And Apparatus For Detecting And Removing Orphaned Primitives In A Fibre Channel Network.191U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,267, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method And System For Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Acceleration.192U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,337, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method And System For Minimizing Disruption In Common-Access Networks.193U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,551, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method And Apparatus For Testing Loop Pathway Integrity In A Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop.194U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,588, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method And Apparatus For Improving Buffer Utilization In Communication Networks.195U.S. Appl. No. 10/889,635, filed Jul. 12, 2004, Method And System For Inexpensive And Non-Disruptive Data Capture In Networks.196U.S. Appl. No. 10/891,175, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Detecting Congestion and Over Subsciption in a Fibre Channel Network.197U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,491, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Keeping a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Open During Frame Gaps.198U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,492, filed Jul. 20, 2004, LUN Based Hard Zoning in Fibre Channel Switches.199U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,529, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Integrated Fibre Channel Fabric Controller.200U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,536, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method And System For Congestion Control Based On Optimum Bandwidth Allocation In A Fibre Channel Switch.201U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,546, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and Sytem for Routing and Filtering Network Data Packets in Fibre Channel Systems.202U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,579, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Managing Traffic in Fibre Channel Switches.203U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,586, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Buffer to Buffer Credit recovery in Fibre Channel Systems Using Virtual and/or Pseudo Virtual Lane.204U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,587, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Multi Speed Cut Through Operation in Fibre Channel Switches.205U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,595, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and Sytem for Reducing Latency and Congestion in Fibre Channel Switches.206U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,597, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method And System For Using Extended Fabric Features With Fibre Channel Switch Elements.207U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,597, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Programmable Pseudo Virtual Lanes for Fibre Channel Systems.208U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,627, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Programmable Data Dependent Network Routing.209U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,629, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Routing Fibre Channel Systems.210U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,689, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Power Control of Fibre Channel Switches.211U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,726, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Improving Bandwidth & Reducing Idles in Fibre Channel Switches.212U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,732, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method And System For Congestion Control In A Fibre Channel Switch.213U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,827, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Selecting Virtual Lanes in Fibre Channel Switches.214U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,917, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method and System for Configuring Fibre Channel Ports.215U.S. Appl. No. 10/894,978, filed Jul. 20, 2004, Method And System for Programmable Data Dependent.216U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,501, filed Oct. 1, 2004, High Speed Fibre Channel Switch Elements.217U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,502, filed Oct. 1, 2004, Method and System for LUN Remapping in Fibre Channel Networks.218U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,717, filed Oct. 1, 2004, Method and System for Transferring Data directly between storage devices in a Storage Area Networks.219U.S. Appl. No. 10/956,718, filed Oct. 1, 2004, Method and System for Using an In-Line Credit Extender with a Host Bus Adapter.220U.S. Appl. No. 10/961,463, filed Oct. 8, 2004, Fibre Channel Transparent Switch For Mixed Switch Fabrics.221Yoshida, Hu, "Lun Security Considerations for Storage Area Networks," Hitachi Data Systems Paper - Xp 002185193 (1999), pp. 1-7.Referenced byCiting PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitleUS8224941 *Apr 17, 2007Jul 17, 2012Fujitsu LimitedMethod, apparatus, and computer product for managing operation* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification709/222International ClassificationG06F15/16Cooperative ClassificationH04L67/1097, H04L67/325, H04L67/34, G06F9/4405European ClassificationH04L29/08N9S, G06F9/44A2Legal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionAug 9, 2011CCCertificate of correctionOct 1, 2004ASAssignmentOwner name: QLOGIC CORPORATION, CALIFORNIAFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:SHAH, SHISHIR;MCGLAUGHLIN, EDWARD C.;REEL/FRAME:015868/0889Effective date: 20040928RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services©2012 Google