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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mike Lin Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ravi Swamy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 69/324 (2013.01); Y02B 60/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for automatically configuring a network device are provided. In one embodiment, the network device can receive a Layer 2 discovery packet on an uplink port operable for connecting the network device to another network device. The network device can then learn VLAN information from the Layer 2 discovery packet and automatically configure one or more of its ports based on the VLAN information.