A fibre channel switch element and method for processing frames in a fibre channel network is provided. The switch element includes an address mapping cache that receives an incoming fibre channel frame in a receive and/or transmit segment, wherein the address mapping cache compares a D_ID of an incoming...http://www.google.com/patents/US7519058?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7519058 - Address translation in fibre channel switches
