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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Robert Southworth, Pasadena, CA (US);
Uri Cummings, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Zhi-hern Loh, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Southworth, Pasadena, CA (US);
Uri Cummings, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Zhi-Hern Loh, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Global ports are supported in multi-switch systems having arbitrary topologies. In some implementations, global ports are implemented in a manner which makes the switch system robust in the face of link failure. In specific Ethernet implementations, global ports enable flooding, learning, forwarding, and link aggregation across the switch system.