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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
John K. Walton, Mendon, MA (US);
Kendell Chilton, Southborough, MA (US);
James Guyer, Northborough, MA (US);
John K. Walton, Mendon, MA (US);
Kendell Chilton, Southborough, MA (US);
James Guyer, Northborough, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A packet switching network having a plurality of nodes and a network having: a plurality of switches couples to the nodes and links interconnecting ports of the plurality of switches. Each one of the switches has a normal routing table for routing packets from a source one of the nodes to a destination one of the nodes through the network in according to the normal routing table and, for, upon such upon such source one of the nodes detecting a fault in transmission of such packet, routing such to a predetermined designated fault one of the ports of such switch.