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AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsMilton Y. Xu, Padmanabhan Krishnan
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A system and a method for automatically detecting and configuring server uplink network interfaces in a network environment. An exemplary method includes receiving a discovery packet from a network element on a network interface of a server connected to the network element; evaluating the discovery packet to determine whether the network element possesses virtual bridging capabilities; and configuring the network interface of the server as an uplink interface for communicating with a network when the discovery packet indicates that the network element possesses virtual bridging capabilities.
A method, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable media including instructions to cause a computer to execute operations comprising:
A system, comprising:
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