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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Zang Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tamanna Z. Sait, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkatesan Selvaraj, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Liu Zhi Yong, Hangzhou, CN;
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to automatically configuring a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) device port in an edge virtual bridging (EVB) network environment. One embodiment includes sending, by a virtual machine (VM) in an EVB network, a message to a device that implements TRILL protocol. The device communicates with a table using the message. Network information is obtained from the table by the device. A port for the device is automatically configured based on the network information. The device has the TRILL protocol either enabled or disabled.