International Business Machines Corporation

Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Robert E Zagst, Jr

Vijoy A Pandey

Dar-Ren Leu

Ethan M Spiegel

Daljeet Singh

Ashok N Chippa

Vipin K Garg

Nilanjan Mukherjee

Ioana M Costea

Sze W Lao

A tool for partitioning a switch into one or more logical switches in a distributed system. The tool creates, by one or more computer processors, one or more logical switch routers, based, at least in part, on a user configuration. The tool assigns, by one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on a user configuration, one or more ports to the one or more logical switch routers. The tool manages, by one or more computer processors, the one or more logical switch routers.

Logical switch architecture for network virtualization

A tool for assigning virtual port channels to one or more logical switch routers in a distributed system. The tool receives, by one or more computer processors, a request to assign a virtual port channel to a second logical switch router. The tool sends, by one or more computer processors, a request to negotiate a link-down on the channel on a first logical switch router to a universal fiber port on the first logical switch router for processing. The tool sends, by one or more computer processors, a request to create the channel on the second logical switch router to a second interface manager on the second logical switch router for processing. The tool sends, by one or more computer processors, a request to negotiate a link up on the channel on the second logical switch router to the universal fiber port on the first logical switch router for processing.

Virtual port support in a logical switch architecture

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Robert E Zagst, Jr