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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Gregory G. Page, Sandy, UT (US);
Roberto H. Jacob Da Silva, Oak Park, CA (US);
Bryan J. Dietz, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Sindhu K. Mohandas, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Joseph F. Olakangil, Midvale, UT (US);
Gregory G. Page, Sandy, UT (US);
Roberto H. Jacob Da Silva, Oak Park, CA (US);
Bryan J. Dietz, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Sindhu K. Mohandas, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Joseph F. Olakangil, Midvale, UT (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Aggregation Switches connected via a virtual fabric link (VFL) are each active and able to communicate via an inter-process communication (IPC) using an IPC Virtual Local Area Network (IPC VLAN). A sub-set of Customer-facing ports (CFPs) of each Aggregation Switch are coupled to the VFL and assigned to the IPC VLAN to enable communication therebetween.