发明名称 LARGE DISTRIBUTED FABRIC-BASED SWITCH USING VIRTUAL SWITCHES AND VIRTUAL CONTROLLERS
摘要 In one embodiment, a system includes at least one distributed line card (DLC) in electrical communication with at least one switch fabric coupler (SFC) and a meta-controller in electrical communication with the at least one DLC, the meta-controller including a processor for executing logic, logic configured for creating more than one virtual switch and a corresponding virtual control domain (VCD) associated with each virtual switch, wherein each virtual switch includes a plurality of physical ports of one or more of the at least one DLC, and logic configured for autonomously controlling the virtual switches, wherein the system appears to a device external of the system as a single cell switched domain. Other systems are described according to more embodiments.
申请公布号 US2013315233(A1) 申请公布日期 2013.11.28
申请号 US201213477947 申请日期 2012.05.22
申请人 KAMBLE KESHAV G.;LEU DAR-REN;NAGARAJ UDAY S.;RAJAGOPALAN SANTOSH;INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 KAMBLE KESHAV G.;LEU DAR-REN;NAGARAJ UDAY S.;RAJAGOPALAN SANTOSH
分类号 H04L12/50 主分类号 H04L12/50
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