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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Pluribus Networks Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sunay Tripathi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert James Drost, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chih-Kong Ken Yang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pluribus Networks Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One networking device includes a switch module, a server, and a switch controller. The switch module has ports with a communications interface of a first type (CI1) and ports with a communications interface of a second type (CI2). The server, coupled to the switch module via a first CI2 coupling, includes a virtual CI1 driver, which provides a CI1 interface in the server, defined to exchange CI1 packets with the switch module via the first CI2 coupling. The virtual CI1 driver includes a first network device operating system (ndOS) program. The switch controller, in communication with the switch module via a second CI2 coupling, includes a second ndOS program controlling, in the switch module, a packet switching policy defining the switching of packets through the switch module or switch controller. The first and second ndOS programs exchange control messages to maintain a network policy for the switch fabric.