Topology discovery in fabric network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10284459
APP PUB NO 20170126543A1
SERIAL NO

15317379

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An N-port virtualizer (NPV) in a Fabric network receives a register request and sends an NPV register message to an FCoE forwarder (FCF). The NPV register message comprises an identity of a device that sent the register request and forwarding history information. The forwarding history information is information describing a forwarding path of the NPV register message.

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  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP

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Wang, Jue Beijing, CN 281 3742

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