US 12,242,750 B2
Ethernet storage system, and information notification method and related apparatus thereof
Huafeng Wen, Nanjing (CN); Sheng Peng, Shenzhen (CN); Qinzhi Wu, Nanjing (CN); and Liangchuan Gao, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,837.
Application 18/063,837 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/095350, filed on May 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010537494.2 (CN), filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111966 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0652 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information notification method, comprising:
receiving, by a first switching device in an Ethernet storage system, a join message sent by a first node, wherein the join message comprises an identifier of the first node and a first configuration information of the first node, the first switching device is an access device of the first node, and the first node is connected to the first switching device by using Ethernet;
and
sending, by the first switching device, a join notification message to a second node that belongs to a same first zone as the first node, wherein the join notification message comprises the identifier of the first node and a second configuration information of the first node, the second node is connected to the first switching device by using Ethernet.