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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Tamanna Z. Sait, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkatesan Selvaraj, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shoou J. Yiu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yi Xia, Wuxi, CN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/705 (2013.01); H04L 12/891 (2013.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/18 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/41 (2013.01); Y02B 60/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to virtual link aggregation. One embodiment includes forming one or more virtual links using physical links connecting a first networking element, a second networking element and a third networking element. A first trigger status indication is used for blocking network traffic for avoiding traffic loops occurring over the one or more virtual links.