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Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Sudharsan Dhamal Gopalarathnam, Chennai, IN;

Avinash Natarajan, Tamil Nadu, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inter-networking device link provisioning system includes an extending device. In response to a plurality of networking devices being connected to the extending device, the extending device provides each of the plurality of networking devices with an identity of the other of the plurality of networking devices that are connected to the extending device. When a first networking device and a second networking device are connected together and to the extending device, the first networking device receives a second device identity of the second networking device from the extending device and provisions an inter-networking device link with the second networking device, and the second networking device receives a first device identity of the first networking device from the extending device and provisions the inter-networking device link with the first networking device.


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