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Patent US7593324 - Graceful port shutdown protocol for fibre channel interfaces - Google Patents
A port shutdown protocol coordinates among various components involved in the process of administratively bringing down a link at both ends of a link connecting two switches. Execution of the protocol avoids or reduces frame drops and/or reordering. In this protocol, peer switches perform various actions...http://www.google.com/patents/US7593324?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7593324 - Graceful port shutdown protocol for fibre channel interfaces
Publication number US7593324 B2
Application number US 10/974,368
Also published as EP1805924A2, EP1805924A4, US20060087963, WO2006047222A2, WO2006047222A3
Publication number 10974368, 974368, US 7593324 B2, US 7593324B2, US-B2-7593324, US7593324 B2, US7593324B2
Inventors Praveen Jain, Ranganathan Rajagopalan, Ramsundar Janakiraman, Shashank Gupta, Sachin Jain
Patent Citations (116), Non-Patent Citations (99), Referenced by (17), Classifications (7), Legal Events (3)
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U.S. Classification 370/227, 714/24, 370/228