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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Mohnish Anumala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anoop Ghanwani, Roseville, CA (US);
Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Saratoga, CA (US);
Janardhanan Pathangi Narasimhan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shivakumar Sundaram, Chennai, IN;
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention include an n-node link aggregation group (LAG) system comprising a set of N nodes collectively provide a logical fabric-level view that is consistent across the set of N nodes. Embodiments of the n-node system comprise a control plane mechanism to provide Layer 2 multipathing between access network devices and the core network. The n-node system provides a loop-free topology with active-active load-sharing of uplinks from access to the core.