发明名称 |
Management of a distributed fabric system |
摘要 |
<p>A distributed fabric system has distributed line card (DLC) chassis and scaled-out fabric coupler (SFC) chassis. Each DLC includes a network processor and fabric ports. Each network processor of each DLC includes a fabric interface in communication with the fabric ports of that DLC. Each SFC includes at least one fabric element and SFC fabric ports. A fabric communication link connects each SFC fabric port to one DLC fabric port. Each fabric communication link includes cell-carrying lanes. Each fabric element of each SFC detects connectivity between each SFC fabric port of that SFC and one DLC fabric port over a fabric communication link. Each SFC includes program code that reads connectivity matrix from fabric element chips and sends connection information corresponding to the detected connectivity from that SFC to a central agent. A network element includes the central agent, which, when executed, constructs a topology of the distributed fabric system from the connection information sent from each SFC.</p> |
申请公布号 |
GB2515671(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.12.31 |
申请号 |
GB20140014793 |
申请日期 |
2013.02.19 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
KESHAV GOVIND KAMBLE;NANDAKUMAR PEETHAMBARAM;DAR-REN LEU;VIJOY A PANDEY;NIRAPADA GHOSH;CHANDARANI MENDON;SUSHMA ANANTHARAM;DAYAVANTI GOPAL KAMATH |
分类号 |
H04L12/24 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/24 |
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