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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Lee Eric Ballard, Georgetown, TX (US);
Wade Andrew Butcher, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/937 (2013.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/253 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 49/201 (2013.01); H04L 49/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes servers that are connected in series, and a top of rack (TOR) switch having a first TOR switch port and a second TOR switch port that are connected to a first end and a second end, respectively, of the series connected servers. A multi chassis link aggregation group may be established on the first TOR switch port and the second TOR switch port to transform the series connected servers into a single logical channel. A highest media access control address is determined from the servers to represent the single logical channel.