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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Gai Nachum, Rishon Le Zion, IL;
Robi Goldschlager, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/937 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/253 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for self-forming link aggregation (LAG). The method includes discovering, by a network switch, at least a first port and a second port managed by the network switch that are linked to another network switch. After the discovery, the method includes defining between the first network switch and the other network switch a single logical interface of which the first port and the second port are members, and communicating network traffic between the network switch and the other network switch over the single logical interface.