Patent ID: 7571272

Claim:
A bridge, comprising: an InfiniBand channel adapter; a fibre channel adapter; a command path coupled to the InfiniBand channel adapter and the fibre channel adapter; the command path operable to receive commands from a first of the InfiniBand and fibre channel adapters, to process the received commands, and to transmit the processed command to the other of the InfiniBand and fibre channel adapters; and a data path coupled to the InfiniBand adapter and fibre channel adapter; the data path operable to transfer data from the first of the InfiniBand and fibre channel adapters to the other of InfiniBand and fibre channel adapters, wherein the data path comprises a separate path bypassing the command path such that the data path is operable to transfer data between the InfiniBand channel adapter and the fibre channel adapter faster than the command path.