Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Computer network monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2002-11-27
2009-08-18
Follansbee, John (Department: 2451)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Computer network monitoring
C709S246000, C709S250000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07577735
ABSTRACT:
A method, system, apparatus, and signal-bearing media for provided discovering a target device via one port of a plurality of virtual ports, creating a target data structure associated with the target device, and allocating a second port of the plurality of virtual ports to a host if the second port is available. In an embodiment, an initiator identifier for the host may be created based on a port number of the second port and a media access control address and sent to the target device to identify the host.
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Bakke Mark A.
De Groote Stephen P.
Parker Bonny
Cisco Technology Inc.
Follansbee John
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Tran Nghi V
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