Patent ID: 8458306

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a first change notification from a Fibre Channel (FC) fabric indicating a changed state of an origin of the change notification; identifying the origin of the first change notification; mapping the origin of the first change notification to a plurality of virtual Host Bus Adapters (VHBAs); maintaining identification information for the first change notification; forwarding change notification information to a plurality of servers corresponding to the plurality of VHBAs; receiving a second change notification from the FC fabric, the second change notification received subsequent to the first change notification; determining whether the second change notification has identification information matching the identification information maintained for the first change notification; and in response to determining the second change notification has identification information matching the identification information maintained for the first change notification, discarding the second change notifications, wherein the change notifications are Registered State Change Notifications (RSCN) and wherein forwarding change notification information comprises forwarding the RSCN.