WO2006116604A3 - Improved load balancing technique implemented in a storage area network - Google Patents

Improved load balancing technique implemented in a storage area network Download PDF

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WO2006116604A3
WO2006116604A3 PCT/US2006/016038 US2006016038W WO2006116604A3 WO 2006116604 A3 WO2006116604 A3 WO 2006116604A3 US 2006016038 W US2006016038 W US 2006016038W WO 2006116604 A3 WO2006116604 A3 WO 2006116604A3
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load balancing
frame
storage area
area network
zone
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Madhava Rao Cheethirala
Raja Rao Tadimeti
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Cisco Tech Inc
Madhava Rao Cheethirala
Raja Rao Tadimeti
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
    • H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
    • H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
    • H04L47/12—Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion
    • H04L47/125—Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering

Abstract

A technique is disclosed for managing load balancing operations in a storage area network. A frame is received at a switch in the fibre channel fabric. According to a specific implementation, the frame includes header information including a source device identity and a destination device identity. Zone and/or flow information relating to the identity of the zone/flow which is associated with the frame is identified. Using the identified information, a load balancing mechanism to be used for handling the frame is selected. According to a specific implementation, the selection of the load balancing mechanism is based at least in part upon the identity of the zone and/or flow which is associated with the frame.
PCT/US2006/016038 2005-04-27 2006-04-27 Improved load balancing technique implemented in a storage area network WO2006116604A2 (en)

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