Session-based target/LUN mapping for a storage area network and associated method

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PATENT NO 7188194
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10128993

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A storage router having an internet protocol (IP) port for coupling to a network supporting IP packets, a fibre channel port for coupling to a fibre channel network to a plurality of storage devices, and a SCSI router having an iSCSI interface that extracts SCSI command and data information from packets received through the IP port, wherein the SCSI router passes the extracted SCSI command and data information to the fiber channel port. Some embodiments further include a session to an information-handling system. The session supports a target-only mapping (wherein a source-specified target value is replaced by a mapped target value that is then passed by the SCSI router toward a first storage device and its LUNs), or target-and-LUN mapping (wherein source-specified target and LUN information is replaced by mapped target-and LUN information such as a loop-ID and LUN combination, a WWPN and LUN combination, or a WWNN).

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CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134-1706

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bakke, Mark A Maple Grove, MN 41 1059
De, Groote Stephen P Maple Grove, MN 11 259
Haapala, Clayton Stuart Minnetonka, MN 5 170
Johnson, Craig A Maple Grove, MN 15 261
Kuik, Timothy J Lino Lakes, MN 21 560
Thompson, David Patrick Rogers, MN 8 273

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