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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Nobuhiro Rikitake, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Ohnuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsumasa Matsuike, Kawasaki, JP;
Motoshi Hamasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhiro Rikitake, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Ohnuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsumasa Matsuike, Kawasaki, JP;
Motoshi Hamasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A switching apparatus having a plurality of ports, includes: switch information storage to store an output port identifier for a combination of an input port identifier, an input virtual path identifier, and a destination address; a detector to detect a first input virtual path identifier and a first destination address assigned to an input packet; a searcher to search the switch information storage for a first output port identifier based on a first input port identifier that identifies a port to which the input packet has been input, the first input virtual path identifier, and the first destination address; and a packet switch to transfer the input packet to a port identified by the first output port identifier.