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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2009
Bipin Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Kwun-nan Kevin Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Marc Lewis Lavine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajeshekhar Murtinty, San Jose, CA (US);
Seyung OH, San Jose, CA (US);
Bipin Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Kwun-Nan Kevin Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Marc Lewis Lavine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajeshekhar Murtinty, San Jose, CA (US);
Seyung Oh, San Jose, CA (US);
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of configuring a stack includes: connecting stacking ports of a plurality of stackable devices using one or more stacking links; connecting a user console to a first one of the stackable devices; transmitting a stack setup command from the user console to the first stackable device; and establishing a stack in response to the stack setup command. The stack is established by initiating a discovery process with the first stackable device in response to the stack setup command, wherein the first stackable device requests and receives identifying information from the stackable devices over the stacking links during the discovery process. The topology of the stackable devices is displayed with the user console in response to the identifying information. The stackable devices are authenticated during the discovery process such that the stack setup is secure. The first stackable device becomes the active controller of the stack by default.