Logical link to physical link allocation method

摘要

A method of operating a switching network. The method includes assigning one or more physical links between a first switching node and a plurality of second switching nodes to serve as logical links. The number of physical links assigned to serve as logical links is generally less than the number of physical links connecting the first switching node and the plurality of second switching nodes. The method also includes generating a routing table for routing data received at the first switching node. The routing table is generated using only the physical links assigned to be logical links.