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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Frank A. Reichstein, Roseville, CA (US);
Shaun K. Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Frank A. Reichstein, Roseville, CA (US);
Shaun K. Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment relates to a method of automated multiple-instance spanning tree reconfiguration. Query packets are sent to switches within an multiple-instance spanning tree (MST) region, and response packets are received from the switches with traffic utilization data for ports of the switches. An MST reconfiguration is determined. The MST reconfiguration is propagated to the switches within the MST region. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.