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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Kwun-Nan Kevin Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shyamsunder Prayagchand Rathi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shafiuddin Mohammed, Fremont, CA (US);
Ravi Swamy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for validating configuration changes in a mixed node topology are provided. In one embodiment, a device can identify a link to be removed from a topology comprising a plurality of nodes, where the plurality of nodes includes one or more nodes of a first type and one or more nodes of a second type. The device can then determine whether the removal of the link from the topology would require data traffic between two nodes of the first type to pass through a node of the second type.