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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Albert Greenberg, Redmond, WA (US);
Parantap Lahiri, Redmond, WA (US);
David A. Maltz, Redmond, WA (US);
Parveen K. Patel, Redmond, WA (US);
Sudipta Sengupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Navendu Jain, Redmond, WA (US);
Changhoon Kim, Redmond, WA (US);
Albert Greenberg, Redmond, WA (US);
Parantap Lahiri, Redmond, WA (US);
David A. Maltz, Redmond, WA (US);
Parveen K. Patel, Redmond, WA (US);
Sudipta Sengupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Navendu Jain, Redmond, WA (US);
Changhoon Kim, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
This patent application relates to an agile network architecture that can be employed in data centers, among others. One implementation provides a virtual layer-2 network connecting machines of a layer-3 infrastructure.