Patents by Inventor Praveen SRIDHAR

Praveen SRIDHAR 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).

  • Trunk management in simulated Fibre channel trunking system environment
    Patent number: 10868630
    Abstract: In a Fibre channel (FC) networking system, a first FC networking device includes a first Ethernet switch processor and a first FC PHY converter that is communicatively coupled to the first Ethernet switch processor via a first plurality of Ethernet links, where the first plurality of Ethernet links is grouped as a first Ethernet aggregation interface. A second FC networking device is communicatively coupled to the first FC networking device via a plurality of FC links, where each Ethernet link of the first plurality of Ethernet links is mapped to a corresponding FC link of the plurality of FC links. The first FC networking device is configured to: generate only one FLOGI for a FC trunk associated with the first Ethernet aggregation interface; and hash the FLOGI among the first plurality of Ethernet links so as to the second FC networking device via the first Ethernet aggregation interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Avinash Jayakumar, Vibin Varghese, Ramesh Kumar Subbiah, Praveen Sridhar
  • Simulated fibre channel trunking system
    Patent number: 10855595
    Abstract: A FC networking system includes a first FC networking device that is coupled to a FC storage system. A second FC networking device is coupled to a server device and includes a first FC PHY converter that is coupled to the first FC networking device via a first and a second FC link. The second FC networking device also includes an Ethernet switch processor that is coupled to the first FC PHY converter via a plurality of Ethernet links. The Ethernet links include a first Ethernet link that is mapped to the second FC link and a second Ethernet link that is mapped to the third FC link. The second FC networking device groups the first Ethernet link with the second Ethernet link to provide an aggregated interface, and load balances FCoE traffic between the first Ethernet link and the second Ethernet link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Avinash Jayakumar, Ramesh Kumar Subbiah, Vibin Varghese, Praveen Sridhar
  • SIMULATED FIBRE CHANNEL TRUNKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200106720
    Abstract: A FC networking system includes a first FC networking device that is coupled to a FC storage system. A second FC networking device is coupled to a server device and includes a first FC PHY converter that is coupled to the first FC networking device via a first and a second FC link. The second FC networking device also includes an Ethernet switch processor that is coupled to the first FC PHY converter via a plurality of Ethernet links. The Ethernet links include a first Ethernet link that is mapped to the second FC link and a second Ethernet link that is mapped to the third FC link. The second FC networking device groups the first Ethernet link with the second Ethernet link to provide an aggregated interface, and load balances FCoE traffic between the first Ethernet link and the second Ethernet link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Avinash Jayakumar, Ramesh Kumar Subbiah, Vibin Varghese, Praveen Sridhar
  • TRUNK MANAGEMENT IN SIMULATED FIBRE CHANNEL TRUNKING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20200106544
    Abstract: In a Fibre channel (FC) networking system, a first FC networking device includes a first Ethernet switch processor and a first FC PHY converter that is communicatively coupled to the first Ethernet switch processor via a first plurality of Ethernet links, where the first plurality of Ethernet links is grouped as a first Ethernet aggregation interface. A second FC networking device is communicatively coupled to the first FC networking device via a plurality of FC links, where each Ethernet link of the first plurality of Ethernet links is mapped to a corresponding FC link of the plurality of FC links. The first FC networking device is configured to: generate only one FLOGI for a FC trunk associated with the first Ethernet aggregation interface; and hash the FLOGI among the first plurality of Ethernet links so as to the second FC networking device via the first Ethernet aggregation interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Avinash JAYAKUMAR, Vibin VARGHESE, Ramesh Kumar SUBBIAH, Praveen SRIDHAR