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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Kailasapathi Ramasamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Jungfu Tsao, San Jose, CA (US);
Somnath Mitra, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kailasapathi Ramasamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Jungfu Tsao, San Jose, CA (US);
Somnath Mitra, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A source endpoint connected via a Virtual Local Area Network to a first access port and a destination endpoint connected to a second access port. Two or more network processing devices indirectly connected through a backplane interconnect to transmit data between the source and destination endpoints according to a protected port status of the first and second access ports.