发明名称 |
MANAGEMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED FABRIC SYSTEM |
摘要 |
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 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 detects connectivity between each SFC fabric port of that SFC and one DLC fabric port over a fabric communication link. Each SFC reads a 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.
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申请公布号 |
US2013235763(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.09.12 |
申请号 |
US201213454987 |
申请日期 |
2012.04.24 |
申请人 |
ANANTHARAM SUSHMA;GHOSH NIRAPADA;KAMATH DAYAVANTI GOPAL;KAMBLE KESHAV GOVIND;LEU DAR-REN;MENDON CHANDARANI J.;PANDEY VIJOY;PEETHAMBARAM NANDAKUMAR;INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
ANANTHARAM SUSHMA;GHOSH NIRAPADA;KAMATH DAYAVANTI GOPAL;KAMBLE KESHAV GOVIND;LEU DAR-REN;MENDON CHANDARANI J.;PANDEY VIJOY;PEETHAMBARAM NANDAKUMAR |
分类号 |
H04L12/24;H04L12/28 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/24 |
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