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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2011
Yan HU, Beijing, CN;
Yong Xia, Beijing, CN;
Yongqiang Liu, Beijing, CN;
Quan Huang, Beijing, CN;
NEC(CHINA) CO., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an addressing method, an addressing apparatus, a fabric manager, a switch, and a data routing method for data center networks. The addressing apparatus includes a tree creating unit for, sequentially with each of switches as a root, creating a tree containing all hosts by means of network topology discovery function, to obtain a plurality of trees; a tree selecting unit for selecting a tree having a minimum height among the created plurality of trees; and an address assigning unit for assigning addresses to each of switches and each of hosts in a network with respect to each selected tree having a minimum height. The present disclosure is adaptable to various topologies employed by the data center. The present disclosure can achieve aggregation of locator addresses so that a forwarding table can be shortened, and can achieve load balance of the network.