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Virtual link aggregations across multiple fabric switches

  • US 9,401,872 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2013
  • Issued: 07/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A switch configured to be a member of a first network of interconnected switches, the switch comprising:

  • a link aggregation module configured to assign a virtual switch identifier to an ingress-switch field of a first frame, wherein the virtual switch identifier is associated with the switch and a second switch, and wherein the second switch is a member of a second network of interconnected switches;

    wherein the virtual switch identifier is selected from a range of identifiers allocated for both the first and second networks of interconnected switches;

    andwherein each of the first and second networks of interconnected switches is configured to be controlled as a single logical switch.

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