Multicast registered state change notification system

1. A registered state change notification system, comprising:

a plurality of end devices; and

a switch device that is coupled to the plurality of end devices to provide a fabric, wherein the switch device is configured to:

detect, using an application executing on the switch device, a change that is associated with a zone in the fabric that includes the plurality of end devices;

generate, using the application and in response to detecting the change associated with the fabric, a multicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) that includes a Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) that is associated with the zone; and

send, using multicast hardware included in the switch device and without the use of the application, the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID to a at least a subset of the plurality of end devices.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices are Fibre Channel (FC) device(s), and wherein the multicast RSCN is an FC communication that includes the Zone FCID in an FC communication header.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the switch device is configured to:

assign, in a database during a fabric login process, the Zone FCID to each of the FC device(s) in the zone.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the switch device is configured to:

generate, using the application and in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, the multicast RSCN that includes the Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) and a Multicast Media Access Control (MAC) address that is associated with the zone; and

send, using the multicast hardware included in the switch device and without the use of the application, the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID and the Multicast MAC address to the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices are Fibre Channel (FC) over Ethernet (FCoE) device(s), and wherein the multicast RSCN is an FCoE communication that includes the Multicast MAC address in an Ethernet header and that encapsulates an FC communication that includes the Zone FCID.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the switch device is configured to:

assign, in a database during a fabric login process, the Zone FCID and the Multicast MAC address to each of the FCoE device(s) in the zone.

7. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

a multicast hardware;

a processing system coupled to the multicast hardware; and

a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a registered state change notification engine that is configured to:

detect a change that is associated with a zone in a fabric that includes a plurality of end devices; and

generate, in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, a multicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) that includes a Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) that is associated with the zone,

wherein the multicast hardware is configured to send the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID to at least a subset of the plurality of end devices.

8. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices are Fibre Channel (FC) device(s), and wherein the multicast RSCN is an FC communication that includes the Zone FCID in an FC communication header.

9. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the registered state change notification engine is configured to:

assign, in a database during a fabric login process, the Zone FCID to each of the FC device(s) in the zone.

10. The IHS of claim 9 , wherein the registered state change notification engine is configured to:

generate, in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, the multicast RSCN that includes the Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) and a Multicast Media Access Control (MAC) address that is associated with the zone,

wherein the multicast hardware is configured to send the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID and the Multicast MAC address to the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices.

11. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices are Fibre Channel (FC) over Ethernet (FCoE) device(s), and wherein the multicast RSCN is an FCoE communication that includes the Multicast MAC address in an Ethernet header and that encapsulates an FC communication that includes the Zone FCID.

12. The IHS of claim 11 , wherein the registered state change notification engine is configured to:

assign, in a database during a fabric login process, the Zone FCID and the Multicast MAC address to each of the FCoE device(s) in the zone.

13. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the registered state change notification engine is configured to:

determine, during a fabric login process, that the zone includes a non-multicast-RSCN-compatible end device that is not compatible with multicast RSCNs;

generate, in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, a unicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); and

send the unicast RSCN to the non-multicast-RSCN-compatible end device.

14. A method for providing registered state change notifications, comprising:

detecting, by an application executing on a switch device, a change that is associated with a zone in a fabric that includes a plurality of end devices;

generating, by the application and in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, a multicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) that includes a Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) that is associated with the zone; and

sending, by multicast hardware included in the switch device and without the use of the application, the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID to at least a subset of the plurality of end devices.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices are Fibre Channel (FC) device(s), and wherein the multicast RSCN is an FC communication that includes the Zone FCID in an FC communication header.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

assigning, by the application in a database of the switch device during a fabric login process, the Zone FCID to each of the FC device(s) in the zone.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

generating, by the application and in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, the multicast RSCN that includes the Zone Fibre Channel Identifier (FCID) and a Multicast Media Access Control (MAC) address that is associated with the zone; and

sending, by the multicast hardware included in the switch device and without the use of the application, the multicast RSCN including the Zone FCID and the Multicast MAC address to the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least the subset of the plurality of end devices are Fibre Channel (FC) over Ethernet (FCoE) device(s), and wherein the multicast RSCN is an FCoE communication that includes the Multicast MAC address in an Ethernet header and that encapsulates an FC communication that includes the Zone FCID.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

assigning, by the application in a database of the switch device during a fabric login process, the Zone FCID and the Multicast MAC address to each of the FCoE device(s) in the zone.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining, by the application during a fabric login process, that the zone includes a non-multicast-RSCN-compatible end device that is not compatible with multicast RSCNs;

generating, by the application in response to detecting the change that is associated with the zone in the fabric, a unicast Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); and

sending, by the application, the unicast RSCN to the non-multicast-RSCN-compatible end device.