METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING REMOTE DIGITAL DATA OVER A WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)

摘要

Systems and methods accessing remote digital data over a wide area network (WAN) are disclosed. In an embodiment, a network device is disclosed. The network device includes a local area network (LAN) switching fabric physical interface configured to communicate according to a LAN switching fabric protocol, a WAN physical interface configured to communicate according to a WAN protocol, and a fabric extension function configured to map LAN switching fabric interfaces to pseudo-ports, map pseudo-ports to WAN interfaces, and transmit LAN fabric datagrams received at the LAN switching fabric physical interface from the WAN physical interface via a mapped pseudo-port and a corresponding WAN interface.

主权项

1. A network device comprising:
a local area network (LAN) switching fabric physical interface configured to communicate according to a LAN switching fabric protocol; a wide area network (WAN) physical interface configured to communicate according to a WAN protocol; a fabric extension function configured to;
map LAN switching fabric interfaces to pseudo-ports;map pseudo-ports to WAN interfaces; andtransmit LAN fabric datagrams received at the LAN switching fabric physical interface from the WAN physical interface via a mapped pseudo-port and a corresponding WAN interface.