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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Rajnish Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Nhan T. Pham, Fremont, CA (US);
Amod K. Dani, Bangalore, IN;
Ponpandiaraj Rajarathinam, San Jose, CA (US);
Vineet Mathew Abraham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajnish Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Nhan T. Pham, Fremont, CA (US);
Amod K. Dani, Bangalore, IN;
Ponpandiaraj Rajarathinam, San Jose, CA (US);
Vineet Mathew Abraham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
F_PORTs of an edge switch are logically trunking with N_PORTs of a node device outside the fabric via a trunked group of communications links. The trunked N_PORTs of the node device and the trunked F_PORTs of the edge switch are configured to send and receive frames of a particular stream across the multiple trunked links for in-order communication with the other device. The node device outside the fabric initially negotiates with the edge switch using a sequence of fabric login requests and fabric login acceptances to establish the trunked connection between the devices (and their respective ports).