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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Shekher Bulusu, Fremont, CA (US);
Ronak Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shekher Bulusu, Fremont, CA (US);
Ronak Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a solution is provided wherein multiple virtual devices may be configured on the same physical port of a network device. For example, a first virtual device and a second virtual device may be configured to use the same physical port. A single internal spanning tree instance may be configured for both the first virtual device and the second virtual device.