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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Surya Varanasi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Timothy Millet, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Surya Varanasi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Timothy Millet, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Trunk groups being assigned logical port values, with multiple physical ports designated to form the given trunk group, thus corresponding to the logical port. This provides greater flexibility in developing trunk groups. Each trunk group delivers frames in order. Routing and balancing decisions are based on the logical port not the physical port.