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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Amit Shukla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph White, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeevan Kamisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Amit Shukla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suresh Boddapati, Union City, CA (US);
Joseph White, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeevan Kamisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a system includes a set of network control entities associated with a distributed multi-stage switch. Each network control entity from the set of network control entities is configured to manage at least one edge device having a set of ports and coupled to the distributed multi-stage switch. Each network control entity from the set of network control entities is associated with a unique set of identifiers. A network control entity from the set of network control entities is configured to assign a unique identifier from its unique set of identifiers to a port from the set of ports of the at least one edge device in response to the network control entity receiving a login request associated with the port.