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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2004
Bjorn Dag Johnsen, Oslo, NO;
Christopher Jackson, Westford, MA (US);
David Brean, Boston, MA (US);
Ola Tørudbakken, Oslo, NO;
Steinar Forsmo, Oslo, NO;
Hans Rygh, Oslo, NO;
Morten Schanke, Oslo, NO;
Bjorn Dag Johnsen, Oslo, NO;
Christopher Jackson, Westford, MA (US);
David Brean, Boston, MA (US);
Ola Tørudbakken, Oslo, NO;
Steinar Forsmo, Oslo, NO;
Hans Rygh, Oslo, NO;
Morten Schanke, Oslo, NO;
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention provides a method of operating a switch in a communications network. The method includes storing a set of routings for each port in the switch. When a packet is received at a port in the switch, the set of routings corresponding to the port at which the packet was received is accessed. A port from which to forward the packet from the switch is determined in accordance with the set of routings. The packet is then duly forwarded over the network from the port as determined by the routings.