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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Neal Beard, Austin, TX (US);
Padmanabhan Narayanan, Chennai, IN;
Per Henrik Fremrot, Novato, CA (US);
Colin Montgomery, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A server-based-Network Operating System (NOS) disaggregated switch device system includes a server device having a server chassis, a switch connector that is accessible on the server chassis, and a Central Processing Unit (CPU) system that is housed in the server chassis, that is coupled to the switch connector, and that is configured to provide a Network Operating System (NOS). Server/switch cabling is connected to the switch connector. A switch device includes a switch chassis, a server connector that is accessible on the switch chassis and that is connected to the server/switch cabling, and a Network Processing Unit (NPU) system that is housed in the switch chassis, that is coupled to the server connector, and that includes a memory subsystem that is configured to be provided with a plurality of switch tables via the server/switch cabling and by the NOS provided by the CPU system in the server device.