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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Hendrich M. Hernandez, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert L. Winter, Leander, TX (US);
Bruce A. Holmes, Austin, TX (US);
Michael J. Roberts, Austin, TX (US);
Hendrich M. Hernandez, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert L. Winter, Leander, TX (US);
Bruce A. Holmes, Austin, TX (US);
Michael J. Roberts, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method of enabling a transparent Ethernet switch are disclosed. According to an aspect, a network switch is disclosed. The network switch can include a plurality of physical ports configured to communicate data via a network. The network switch can further include a memory configured to store a first forwarding database, and a plurality of aggregate zone entries within the first forwarding database. The aggregate zone entries can also include a port identifier of first port of the plurality of physical ports to be used as a transparent port within a first aggregate zone.