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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Hillstone Networks, Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dongyi Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Qijun Yang, Beijing, CN;
Jin Shang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Linyang Shu, Cupertino, CA (US);
HILLSTONE NETWORKS CORP., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A data center system includes: at least two data center subsystems interconnected through a layer-2 network, each of the data center subsystems comprising a plurality of hosts, a plurality of layer-2 switches connected with the plurality of hosts, a firewall group connected with the layer-2 switches, and a layer-2 extension device connected with the layer-2 switches; wherein the firewall groups of the at least two data center subsystems are configured to transmit synchronization information to each other through a synchronization channel in a first virtual local area network; wherein the layer-2 extension devices of the at least two data center subsystems are configured to transmit service information through a service channel in a second virtual local area network; and wherein the first virtual local area network and the second virtual local area network are implemented in the layer-2 network.