发明名称 |
DISTRIBUTED FABRIC PROTOCOL (DFP) SWITCHING NETWORK ARCHITECTURE |
摘要 |
A switching network includes an upper tier including a master switch and a lower tier including a plurality of lower tier entities. The master switch includes a plurality of ports each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of lower tier entities. Each port includes a plurality of virtual ports each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of remote physical interfaces (RPIs) at the lower tier entity coupled to that port. Each port also includes a receive interface that, responsive to data traffic from a particular lower tier entity, queues the data traffic to the virtual port that corresponds to the RPI on the particular lower tier entity that was the source of the data traffic. The master switch further includes a switch controller that switches data traffic from the virtual port to an egress port from which the data traffic is forwarded. |
申请公布号 |
US2013022050(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.01.24 |
申请号 |
US201213594970 |
申请日期 |
2012.08.27 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;LEU DAR-REN;KAMATH DAYAVANTI G.;KAMBLE KESHAV;KIDAMBI JAYAKRISHNA;KUMAR DEEPAK;PANDEY VIJOY |
发明人 |
LEU DAR-REN;KAMATH DAYAVANTI G.;KAMBLE KESHAV;KIDAMBI JAYAKRISHNA;KUMAR DEEPAK;PANDEY VIJOY |
分类号 |
H04L0012/000056 |
主分类号 |
H04L0012/000056 |
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