发明名称 |
CENTRALIZED CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT PLANES FOR DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT SWITCHING DOMAINS |
摘要 |
A network includes a first switching domain having a distributed fabric comprised of interconnected standalone switches. The standalone switches communicate with each other in accordance with a packet-based distributed fabric protocol. A second switching domain has a plurality of cell-based switches in communication with a cell-based switch fabric. The cell-based switches communicate with each other through the cell-based switch fabric in accordance with a cell-based distributed fabric protocol. One of the cell-based switches is coupled by a communication link to one of the standalone switches of the first switching domain. The second switching domain includes a server device coupled to one of the cell-based switches. The server device is configured with logic to process control packets for the standalone switches in accordance with the packet-based distributed fabric protocol and control packets for the cell-based switches in accordance with a protocol that is different from the packet-based distributed fabric protocol. |
申请公布号 |
US2014098820(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.04.10 |
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US201213644260 |
申请日期 |
2012.10.04 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
ANANTHARAM SUSHMA;GHOSH NIRAPADA;KAMBLE KESHAV G.;LEU DAR-REN;MENDON CHANDARANI J.;PANDEY VIJOY A.;PEETHAMBARAM NANDAKUMAR |
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