Patents by Inventor Jesse Brewster Willeke

Jesse Brewster Willeke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Single virtual domain fibre channel over ethernet fabric
    Patent number: 9172590
    Abstract: The entire FCoE fabric is a single virtual domain, even though there may be multiple FCFs and FDFs. The virtual domain is a different Domain_ID than any of the FCFs. In certain embodiments there are multiple FCFs, of which one is selected as the master or designated FCF. The master FCF performs normal fabric configuration in conjunction with the Fiber Channel fabric. The master FCF assigns the virtual domain FC node IDs and controls development of subdomain IDs. Virtual links are instantiated between the master FCF and other FCFs, between top level FDFs and the FCFs and between the FDFs at each of various levels. FDFs connected to ENodes proxy the master FCF for most FIP operations. FIP FLOGI and FDISC operations are handled by the master FDF, but the FDFs convert the FIP FLOGI requests to VD_FLOGI requests, which include information about the FDF handling the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Brewster Willeke, Daniel Ji Yong Park Chung, David Alan Peterson, Glenn Charles Wenig, Suresh Vobbilisetty, Phanidhar Koganti
  • Single Virtual Domain Fibre Channel over Ethernet Fabric
    Publication number: 20120106957
    Abstract: The entire FCoE fabric is a single virtual domain, even though there may be multiple FCFs and FDFs. The virtual domain is a different Domain_ID than any of the FCFs. In certain embodiments there are multiple FCFs, of which one is selected as the master or designated FCF. The master FCF performs normal fabric configuration in conjunction with the Fibre Channel fabric. The master FCF assigns the virtual domain FC node IDs and controls development of subdomain IDs. Virtual links are instantiated between the master FCF and other FCFs, between top level FDFs and the FCFs and between the FDFs at each of various levels. FDFs connected to ENodes proxy the master FCF for most FIP operations. FIP FLOGI and FDISC operations are handled by the master FDF, but the FDFs convert the FIP FLOGI requests to VD_FLOGI requests, which include information about the FDF handling the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Brewster Willeke, Daniel Ji Yong Park Chung, David Alan Peterson, Glenn Charles Wenig, Suresh Vobbilisetty, Phanidhar Koganti