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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 06, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ashok N. Chippa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ioana M. Costea, San Jose, CA (US);
Vipin K. Garg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sze W. Lao, Fremont, CA (US);
Dar-Ren Leu, San Jose, CA (US);
Nilanjan Mukherjee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijoy A. Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
Daljeet Singh, Watsonville, CA (US);
Ethan M. Spiegel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert E. Zagst, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
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.