| US 7,571,261 B2 | ||
| Service interface for fibre channel fabric snapshot service | ||
| Balakumar N. Kaushik, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Shankar Balasubramanian, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Richard L. Hammons, Hollister, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/457,737. | ||
| Application 11/457737 is a division of application No. 10/425559, filed on Apr. 29, 2003, granted, now 7,139,845. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0253671 A1, Nov. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—5 [710/20; 707/204; 714/40; 714/41; 714/42; 711/100; 711/161] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A network device for use in a fabric, with a host, a write capture device, a snapshot server and two storage devices coupled
to the fabric, the network device comprising:
a first port for connection to the host;
at least a second port for coupling to the write capture device and the snapshot server; and
a module coupled to said first port and said at least a second port for receiving a snapshot creation command, said command
directing creation of a snapshot of data stored on a storage device, provided by the host to a well known address and for
transmitting a snapshot creation command, said command directing creation of a snapshot of data stored on a storage device,
directed to the write capture device and the snapshot server.
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