Network address resolution and forwarding TCP/IP packets over a fibre channel network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7533175
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10692477

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A method comprising receiving a request for a connection over a network to an address is disclosed. The network conforms to a first network protocol, and the address conforms to a second network protocol. A field is compared to the network address. If the field matches the network address, a connection is established with a network node corresponding to the file. According to another embodiment of the invention, a Fibre Channel (FC) Virtual Interface (VI) is used to forward Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) packets.

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  • NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bali, Naveen Cary , US 28 831
Gole, Abhijeet Campbell , US 27 337

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