Methods and apparatus to route fibre channel frames using reduced forwarding state on an FCoE-to-FC gateway
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Aug 9, 2016
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Aug 27, 2015
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May 7, 2015
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Dec 22, 2010
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In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a switching policy module configured to define a switching policy associating a Fiber Channel port with a destination Media Access Control (MAC) address. The switching module can be configured to receive a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frame from a network device and send a Fiber Channel frame encapsulated in the FCoE frame to the Fiber Channel port based at least in part on the switching policy and a destination MAC address of the FCoE frame.
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