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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suresh Vobbilisetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Phanidhar Koganti, Hyderabad, IN;
Chi Lung Chong, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 49/65 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a virtual local area network (VLAN) configuration module. During operation, the VLAN configuration module maps local resources of the switch and/or locally coupled end device information to a global VLAN identifier, wherein the global VLAN is persistent across a fabric switch. The fabric switch is operable to accommodate a plurality of switches and operates as a single logical switch.