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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Suresh Vobbilisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Dilip Chatwani, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suresh Vobbilisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Dilip Chatwani, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 45/46 (2013.01); H04L 49/357 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 49/352 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch system. The switch includes one or more ports on the switch configured to transmit packets encapsulated based on a first protocol. The switch further includes a control mechanism. During operation, the control mechanism forms a logical switch based on a second protocol, receives an automatically assigned identifier for the logical switch without requiring manual configuration of the identifier, and joins a Ethernet fabric.