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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2019
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Vigneshwar Kalyanaraman, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Aravind Prasad Sridharan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An STP link selection system includes a designated switch device that receives a first communication that indicates that a first link provided to a non-designated switch device from a first port is available and, in response, automatically assigns the first port with a primary port priority. The designated switch device then subsequently receives a second communication that indicates that a second link provided to the non-designated switch device via a second port is available and, in response, the second port is automatically assigned with a secondary port priority. The designated switch device identifies a first port identifier that is based on the primary port priority to the non-designated switch device and, based on the first port identifier relative to a second port identifier that is based on the secondary port priority, the non-root switch device transmits communications via the first link and blocks communications via the second link.