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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shiv Haris, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Phanidhar Koganti, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 12/462 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0856 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 49/45 (2013.01); H04L 49/65 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch system. The switch includes a port to couple to a second switch and a control mechanism configured. During operation, the control mechanism receives from the second switch a set of configuration information. Based on the received configuration information, the control mechanism invites the second switch to join a virtual cluster switch.