A system and method for creating and enforcing meta-zones that cross the interface between different network protocols are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of enforcing meta-zones comprises: (a) receiving an Infiniband (IB) packet destined for a Fibre Channel (FC) target device; (b) comparing a...http://www.google.de/patents/US20040022256?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040022256 - Method and apparatus for establishing metazones across dissimilar networks