Patent ID: 8917732

Claim:
A method, comprising: identifying by a traffic splitter a set of links coupled to the traffic splitter, the set of links including two or more uplinks, the two or more uplinks including a LAN uplink coupled to a LAN and a SAN uplink coupled to a SAN, wherein each of the two or more uplinks is implemented in a common physical medium; preventing SAN traffic from reaching the LAN via the LAN uplink; and preventing LAN traffic from reaching the SAN via the SAN uplink; wherein the steps of preventing SAN traffic from reaching the LAN via the LAN uplink and preventing LAN traffic from reaching the SAN via the SAN uplink are performed by the traffic splitter and include: receiving a packet from a host, wherein the packet includes a VLAN identifier; and modifying the VLAN identifier such that the VLAN identifier identifies a VLAN that carries SAN traffic or LAN traffic, wherein modifying the VLAN identifier includes modifying the VLAN identifier such that the VLAN identifier is a first VLAN identifier corresponding to SAN traffic or a second VLAN identifier corresponding to LAN traffic.