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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Saravanakumar Rajendran, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradeep K. Kathail, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chandrashekhar Appanna, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ym Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Prashant P. Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US);
Saravanakumar Rajendran, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradeep K. Kathail, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chandrashekhar Appanna, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ym Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Prashant P. Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A blade switch for increased interface scalability is provided. The blade switch may address interface scalability by having each of the switch linecards manage its interfaces locally and may use the concept of virtual and local interfaces for intelligent forwarding. The blade switch may appear as a single network switch having a single bridge ID from the network perspective during operation and from the customer perspective during configuration.