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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Brent R. Inches, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian G. Holthaus, Oronoco, MN (US);
Jonathan L. Kaus, Rochester, MN (US);
Eric G. Thiemann, Owatonna, MN (US);
Scott J. Timmerman, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert W. Todd, Raleigh, NC (US);
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A management controller in a distributed network switch may operate on sets of ports such that sets of ports containing a same port are processed serially, and sets that do not contain any of the same ports can be processed in parallel. When receiving a set of ports for processing, the management controller organizes the ports into lanes that each correspond to a unique port. If any of the lanes overlap, subsequent port sets are blocked from proceeding until the lanes of preceding port sets are cleared. If no lanes overlap, the sets may be deemed disjoint, and subsequent port sets may be processed in parallel.