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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Junlan Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amin Vahdat, Los Altos, CA (US);
Arjun Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-stage network is provided, where the network includes a first stage comprising a first plurality of network switching devices, the first plurality of network devices being classified into switching groups. The network further includes a second stage comprising a second plurality of network switching devices. A linking configuration, comprising a plurality of links between the first plurality of network switching devices and the second plurality of network switching devices, couples the first stage to the second stage. Each first stage network switching device in a given switching group includes the same number of links to any given second stage network switching device as each other first stage network switching device in that group.