Reassignment of a virtual connection from a busiest virtual connection or locality domain to a least busy virtual connection or locality domain

摘要

A method and system for load balancing for virtual connections over a fiber channel network, the virtual connections using SCSI. The method including finding a one-way reassignment of a virtual connection (VC) from busiest VCE or locality domain to least busy VCE or locality domain placing the busiest VCE or locality domain and least busy VCE or locality domain in a target load range without reversing a load order, and executing the reassignment by a server fiber channel adapter.