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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Shivi Fotedar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sachin Bahadur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shivi Fotedar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sachin Bahadur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Force10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A packet switch contains a link state group manager that forms supergroups from multiple link aggregations. The link state group manager collects state information for the link aggregations in a supergroup, and uses state criteria to determine whether the link aggregations are allowed to be up, as a supergroup, for data traffic. This allows a supergroup of links to only come up when it meets a minimum performance criteria, with traffic routed around the supergroup when the supergroup cannot meet the minimum performance criteria, even if some link aggregations in the group are functional.