摘要 |
A computer network switch system is disclosed. A switch system may be configured as a single chassis system that has at least one line card, a set of active switch fabric cards to concurrently carry network traffic; and a first system control card to provide control functionality for the line card. The switch system may be configured as a multiple chassis system that has at least one line card chassis containing several line cards, and a switch fabric chassis (or a second line card chassis) that contains several switch fabric cards to provide a switching fabric with multiple ports. Load-sharing is accomplished primarily at the chip level, although card-level load-sharing is possible.
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