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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2018
Adva Optical Networking SE, Meiningen-Dreißigacker, DE;
William Blackert, Cary, NC (US);
Brian Van Voorhis, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Robert Woods, Apex, NC (US);
ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SE, Meiningen-Dreißigacker, DE;
Abstract
Process to associate a set of physical ports on a physical device with a set of software virtual interfaces. Process includes placing the set of software virtual interfaces to be associated with a set of N physical ports in an enabled state which has a first link state when no activation device is connected to a particular software virtual interface and a second link state when an activation device is connected to the particular software virtual interface. Connecting an activation device such as a loopback connector to a physical port to shift the software virtual interface to the second link state to map that particular physical port to that particular software virtual interface.
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