Alcatel Lucent

Chung-Hua Chang

Roberto H Jacob Da Silva

Anand Vinayagam

Gregory G Page

Sindhu K Mohandas

Eric W Tolliver

Ignatius D Santoso

Nalinakshan Kunnath

Jonathan B Wong

Stephen Ralph Bates

Jeff S Dallacqua

Stephen C Hanka

Shaofu Wu

Steve Larsen

Christopher Francis Ravenscroft

Surajit Bhattacharya

A virtual chassis system includes a plurality of network nodes configured with a master virtual chassis address. The network nodes are connected by virtual fabric link (VFLs) that provide a connection for exchange of packets between the network nodes. The packets include source MAC addresses and associated hardware device information, such as source chassis ID, source network interface identifier and source port identifier information. The network nodes use this information to maintain synchronized MAC address tables for forwarding of packets in the virtual chassis system.

System and method for a virtual chassis system

Aggregation switches connected to an edge node by a multi-chassis link aggregation group, wherein the aggregation switches are connected by a virtual fiber link that provides a connection for exchange of information between the Aggregation Switches regarding MAC addressing to synchronize MAC address tables. A transport control protocol defines a VLAN and multicast group of ports on the Aggregation Switch to receive management or control packets.

System and method for transport control protocol in a multi-chassis domain

Aggregation Switches connected to an edge node by a multi-chassis link aggregation group, wherein the Aggregation Switches are connected by a virtual fabric link that provides a connection for exchange of information between the Aggregation Switches regarding MAC addressing to synchronize MAC address tables.

System and method for multi-chassis link aggregation

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Chung-Hua Chang