| US 7,616,637 B1 | ||
| Label switching in fibre channel networks | ||
| Scott S. Lee, Campbell, Calif. (US); Dinesh G. Dutt, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Thomas J. Edsall, Cupertino, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 01, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/114,394. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/56 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—394 [370/401; 370/397; 370/395.5; 370/409; 370/466] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
receiving a fibre channel frame having a first stack of labels at a first fibre channel device, the fibre channel frame received
through a tunnel in a Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network, wherein a control word in the fibre channel
frame is used to reorder frames received out of order at the first fibre channel switch to provide in order delivery;
reordering frames at the first fibre channel device;
referencing an entry in a label information base at the first fibre channel device based on the first stack of labels;
removing the first stack of labels from the fibre channel frame; and
forwarding the fibre channel frame in-order to a second fibre channel device.
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