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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Vijayabhaskar Annamalai Kalusivalingam, San Jose, CA (US);
Jaihari Loganathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sreekanth Reddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeelani Syed, Bangalore, IN;
Quaizar Vohra, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijayabhaskar Annamalai Kalusivalingam, San Jose, CA (US);
Jaihari Loganathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sreekanth Reddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeelani Syed, Bangalore, IN;
Quaizar Vohra, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, VA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first network control entity associated with at least a portion of multiple physical ports at a first access switch that are operatively coupled to a peripheral processing device and a switch fabric. The first network control entity can receive a host protocol request from the peripheral processing device, the first network control entity to transmit the host protocol request to a second network control entity associated with at least a portion of multiple physical ports at a second access switch, such that the host protocol request causes the second network control entity to obtain a response to the host protocol request. The first network control entity can receive the response to the host protocol request from the second network control entity and transmit the response to the host protocol request to the peripheral processing device.