Virtual machine virtual fabric login system

1. A virtual fabric login system, comprising:

a Fibre Channel (FC) networking device that is configured to provide access to a plurality of virtual fabrics:

a server device that includes a hypervisor that is configured to provide a plurality of virtual machines; and

a Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) device that is coupled to a physical server device port included on the server device via a first FCF device port, and coupled to an FC networking device port included on the FC networking device through a second FCF device port, wherein the FCF device is configured to:

receive, via the physical server device port and the first FCF device port, first traffic from a first virtual machine that is included in the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the first traffic includes a first virtual machine identifier that identifies the first virtual machine;

determine, using the first virtual machine identifier and a virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping, that the first virtual machine identifier is associated with a first virtual fabric identifier that identifies a first virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics;

tag the first traffic with the first virtual fabric identifier to provide tagged first traffic; and

transmit, via the FC networking device port and the second FCF device port, the tagged first traffic to the FC networking device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the FC networking device is configured to:

determine, using first virtual fabric identifier included in the tagged first traffic, that the first virtual fabric identifier identifies the first virtual fabric; and

provide the first traffic to the first virtual fabric.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the providing the tagged first traffic to the FC networking device via the FC networking device port and the second FCF device port is performed using a default virtual fabric that is included in the plurality of virtual fabrics and to which the FCF device is logged in.

4. They system of claim 1 , wherein the FCF device is configured to:

receive, from the FC networking device via the second FCF device port, second traffic originating from the first virtual fabric;

determine that the second traffic includes the first virtual machine identifier; and

provide the second traffic to the first virtual machine.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the FCF device is configured to:

receive a first fabric discovery (FDISC) message from the server device;

determine that the first FDISC message is a FDISC from the first virtual machine and, in response, transmit a second FDISC message with a virtual fabric bit unset to a default virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics;

receive a first FDISC accept message (ACC) from the first virtual fabric through the default virtual fabric, wherein the FDISC accept message is tagged with the first virtual fabric identifier; and

generate the virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping that includes the first virtual machine identifier that identifies the first virtual machine and that is associated with the first virtual fabric identifier.

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

log in the physical server device port included on the server device to the default virtual fabric prior to the receiving the first FDISC by:

receiving a first FLOGI from the server device;

determining that the first FLOGI is a FLOGI from the physical server device port and, in response, transmitting a third FDISC message with the virtual fabric bit set to the default virtual fabric;

receiving a second FDISC ACC from the default virtual fabric; and

providing a first FLOGI ACC to the server device that indicates that the physical server device port is logged in to the default virtual fabric.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the FCF device is configured to:

log in to the default virtual fabric prior to logging in the physical server device port included on the server device to the default virtual fabric by:

receiving a plurality of virtual fabric identifiers that each identify a virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics;

transmitting a second fabric login (FLOGI) through the default virtual fabric to the FC networking device; and

receiving a second FLOGI ACC indicating that the FCF device is logged in to the default virtual fabric.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the receiving the plurality of virtual fabric identifiers that each identify a virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics is performed using an Exchange Virtual Fabrics Protocol (EVFP).

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the FCF device is configured to:

receive, via the physical server device port and the first FCF device port, second traffic from a second virtual machine that is included in the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the second traffic includes a second virtual machine identifier that identifies the second virtual machine;

determine, using the second virtual machine identifier and the virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping, that the second virtual machine identifier is associated with a second virtual fabric identifier that identifies a second virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics;

tag the second traffic with the second virtual fabric identifier to provide tagged second traffic; and

transmit, via the FC networking device port and the second FCF device port, the tagged second traffic to the FC networking device.

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

a plurality of ports;

a processing system that is coupled to the plurality of ports; 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 an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) Proxy Gateway (NPG) engine that is configured to:

receive, from a physical server device port on a server device that includes a hypervisor that is configured to provide a plurality of virtual machines and via a first port of the plurality of ports, first traffic from a first virtual machine that is included in the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the first traffic includes a first virtual machine identifier that identifies the first virtual machine;

determine, using the first virtual machine identifier and a virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping, that the first virtual machine identifier is associated with a first virtual fabric identifier that identifies a first virtual fabric of a plurality of virtual fabrics accessible through a Fibre Channel (FC) networking device;

tag the first traffic with the first virtual fabric identifier to provide tagged first traffic; and

transmit, via a second port of the plurality of ports to an FC networking device port of the FC networking device, the tagged first traffic.

11. The IHS of claim 10 , wherein the NPG engine is configured to:

receive, from the physical server device port and via the first port of the plurality of ports, second traffic from a second virtual machine that is included in the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the second traffic includes a second virtual machine identifier that identifies the second virtual machine;

determine, using the second virtual machine identifier and the virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping, that the second virtual machine identifier is associated with a second virtual fabric identifier that identifies a second virtual fabric of the plurality of virtual fabrics;

tag the second traffic with the second virtual fabric identifier to provide tagged second traffic; and

transmit, via the second port of the plurality of ports to the FC networking device port, the tagged second traffic.

12. The IHS of claim 10 , wherein the tagged first traffic is configured to cause the FC networking device to:

determine, using first virtual fabric identifier included in the tagged first traffic, that the first virtual fabric identifier identifies the first virtual fabric; and

provide the first traffic to the first virtual fabric.

13. The IHS of claim 10 , wherein the providing the tagged first traffic to the FC networking device via the FC networking device port and the second port is performed using a default virtual fabric that is included in the plurality of virtual fabrics and to which the NPG engine is logged in.

14. The IHS of claim 10 , wherein the NPG engine is configured to:

receive a first fabric discovery (FDISC) message from the server device;

determine that the first FDISC message is a FDISC from the first virtual machine and, in response, transmit a second FDISC message with a virtual fabric bit unset to a default virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics;

receive a first FDISC accept message (ACC) from the first virtual fabric through the default virtual fabric, wherein the FDISC accept message is tagged with the first virtual fabric identifier; and

generate the virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping that includes the first virtual machine identifier that identifies the first virtual machine and that is associated with the first virtual fabric identifier.

15. The IHS of claim 14 , wherein the NPG engine is configured to:

log in the physical server device port included on the server device to the default virtual fabric prior to the receiving the first FLOGI by:

receiving a first FLOGI from the server device;

determining that the first FLOGI is a FLOGI from the physical server device port and, in response, transmitting a second FDISC message with the virtual fabric bit set to the default virtual fabric;

receiving a third FDISC ACC from the default virtual fabric; and

providing a first FLOGI ACC to the server device that indicates that the physical server device port is logged in to the default virtual fabric.

16. The IHS of claim 15 , wherein the NPG engine is configured to:

log in to the default virtual fabric prior to logging in the physical server device port included on the server device to the default virtual fabric by:

receiving a plurality of virtual fabric identifiers that each identify a virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics;

transmitting a second fabric login (FLOGI) through the default virtual fabric to the FC networking device; and

receiving a second FLOGI ACC indicating that the NPG engine is logged in to the default virtual fabric.

17. A method of traffic handling between virtual machines and virtual fabrics, comprising:

receiving, by an Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF) device via a first FCF device port from a physical server device port on a server device that includes a hypervisor that is configured to provide a plurality of virtual machines, first traffic from a first virtual machine that is included in the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the first traffic includes a first virtual machine identifier that identifies the first virtual machine;

determining, by the FCF device and using the first virtual machine identifier and a virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping, that the first virtual machine identifier is associated with a first virtual fabric identifier that identifies a first virtual fabric of a plurality of virtual fabrics accessible through a Fibre Channel (FC) networking device;

tagging, by the FCF device, the first traffic with the first virtual fabric identifier to provide tagged first traffic; and

transmitting, by the FCF device via a second FCF device port to an FC networking device port of the FC networking device, the tagged first traffic.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, by the FCF device via the first FCF port and from the physical server device port, second traffic from a second virtual machine that is included in the plurality of virtual machines, wherein the second traffic includes a second virtual machine identifier that identifies the second virtual machine;

determining, by the FCF device using the second virtual machine identifier and the virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping, that the second virtual machine identifier is associated with a second virtual fabric identifier that identifies a second virtual fabric of the plurality of virtual fabrics;

tagging, by the FCF device, the second traffic with the second virtual fabric identifier to provide tagged second traffic; and

transmitting, by the FCF device via the second FCF device port to the FC networking device port, the tagged second traffic.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

determining, by the FC networking device, using first virtual fabric identifier included in the tagged first traffic, that the first virtual fabric identifier identifies the first virtual fabric; and

providing, by the FC networking device, the first traffic to the first virtual fabric.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, by the FCF device a first fabric discovery (FDISC) message from the server device;

determining, by the FCF device, that the first FDISC message is a FDISC from the first virtual machine and, in response, transmit a second FDISC message with a virtual fabric bit unset to a default virtual fabric included in the plurality of virtual fabrics;

receiving, by the FCF device, a first FDISC accept message (ACC) from the first virtual fabric through the default virtual fabric, wherein the FDISC accept message is tagged with the first virtual fabric identifier; and

generating, by the FCF device, the virtual-machine-to-virtual-fabric mapping that includes the first virtual machine identifier that identifies the first virtual machine and that is associated with the first virtual fabric identifier.