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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan, TW;

Inventors:

Cheng-Hsun Li, Taoyuan, TW;

Ching-Chih Shih, Taoyuan, TW;

Assignee:

QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 67/1042 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and method for automatically configuring multiple chassis links in a multi-chassis system using a management controller. The management controller can request and receive switch port data from a plurality of server systems, and a plurality of switches of the multi-chassis system. Based upon received switch port data, the management controller can determine peer link ports for a first switch and a second switch of the plurality of switches; select suitable port groups from a plurality of ports of the first switch and the second switch based upon the received switch port data; and configure ports in each suitable port group as a MC-LAG member port for the corresponding suitable port group.


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