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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Casimer M. Decusatis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Abhijit P. Kumbhare, San Jose, CA (US);
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Simarbir Singh, Plano, TX (US);
Casimer M. DeCusatis, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Abhijit P. Kumbhare, San Jose, CA (US);
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Simarbir Singh, Plano, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a data center fabric network system includes a controller, a plurality of switches connected to the controller via a plurality of communication links, a source device connected to at least a first switch of the plurality of switches, a destination device connected to at least a second switch of the plurality of switches, and wherein the controller is adapted for: creating a topology of the data center fabric network system, determining paths between the plurality of switches, calculating one or more disjoint multi-paths from the source device to the destination device based on the topology, and writing the one or more disjoint multi-paths into a forwarding table of at least one of: the source device, the first switch, and a nearest shared switch to the source device.