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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Wayne A. Genetti, Sanatoga, PA (US);
Philip Murphy, Wayne, PA (US);
Brent R. Rothermel, Pottstown, PA (US);
Vladimir Tamarkin, Huntington Valley, PA (US);
Wayne A. Genetti, Sanatoga, PA (US);
Philip Murphy, Wayne, PA (US);
Brent R. Rothermel, Pottstown, PA (US);
Vladimir Tamarkin, Huntington Valley, PA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Switch systems and method to configure switch systems are disclosed. A switch system includes a first leaf module and a first spine module. The first leaf module includes a plurality of internal ports and external ports. The first spine module includes a plurality of ports. A midplane is configured to couple each of the internal port of first leaf module to a port of a first spine module such that a subset of internal ports of the first leaf module are always coupled to a known subset of first spine module. Other switch systems and methods to configure switch systems are disclosed.