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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 49/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to switch mode transition and processing upon loss of controller communication. One embodiment includes losing a connection with a controller by a switch device, entering a particular mode by the switch device, transferring flow entries of the switch device to one or more tables, and notifying network application protocols that correspond to the transferred flow entries.