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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
R. Kyle Forster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Omar Baldonado, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert K. Vaterlaus, Oakland, CA (US);
Guido Appenzeller, Menlo Park, CA (US);
R. Kyle Forster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Omar Baldonado, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert K. Vaterlaus, Oakland, CA (US);
Guido Appenzeller, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Big Switch Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Network switches that are controlled by a controller server may contain ports through which network packets are received and forwarded. An architect may configure the controller server to create virtual switches. Each virtual switch may be formed from a subset of the ports of the network switches. The architect may assign administrators to the virtual switches. The administrators may configure the virtual switches. An administrator may use a command line interface to configure a virtual switch. The administrator may use commands such as a show port command, an access list command, a show access list command, and a membership rule command to manage the virtual switch. The controller server may prevent the administrator from logging on to virtual switches that have been assigned to other administrators.