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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Somesh Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Anoop Ghanwani, Rocklin, CA (US);
Phanidhar Koganti, Hyderabad, IN;
Shunjia Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/939 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/557 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 49/201 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01); H04L 49/65 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a management mechanism and a configuration mechanism. During operation, the management mechanism is configured to operate the switch in conjunction with the partner switch as a single logical switch. The configuration mechanism is configured to assign a virtual switch identifier to the logical switch.