发明名称 |
VIRTUAL LINK AGGREGATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE FABRIC SWITCHES |
摘要 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch is configurable to be a member of a first fabric switch. The switch includes a link aggregation module. During operation, the link aggregation module marks an ingress-switch field of a frame with a virtual switch identifier. This virtual switch identifier is associated with the switch and a second switch, which is a member of a second fabric switch, and is from a range of identifier associated with the first fabric switch and the second fabric switch. Each of the first fabric switch and the second fabric switch is operable to accommodate a plurality of switches and operate as a single switch. |
申请公布号 |
WO2014078743(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.05.22 |
申请号 |
WO2013US70435 |
申请日期 |
2013.11.15 |
申请人 |
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
VOBBILISETTY, SURESH;KOGANTI, PHANIDHAR |
分类号 |
H04L12/721 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/721 |
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