Flat, highly connected optical network for data center switch connectivity
AssigneeCiena Corporation
InventorsMichael Y. Frankel, Vladimir Pelekhaty
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Abstract
A flat data center network includes a plurality of switches each including a first plurality of server facing ports connected to a first set of servers, and a plurality of network facing ports connected to other switches of the plurality of switches, wherein the plurality of switches are interconnected via corresponding network facing ports in a semi-structured random network architecture that enables additional servers to be added to the flat data center network during operation while maintaining random interconnect.
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A flat data center network comprising:
- a plurality of switches each including
- a first plurality of server facing ports connected to a first set of servers, and
- a plurality of network facing ports connected to other switches of the plurality of switches,
- wherein the plurality of switches are interconnected via corresponding network facing ports in a semi-structured random network architecture that enables additional servers to be added to the flat data center network during operation while maintaining random interconnect,
- wherein the semi-structured random network architecture includes uniform random and non-repeating interconnections where the non-repeating interconnections include each switch connecting to another switch but not via more than one network facing port.
A method for operating a flat data center network comprising:
- connecting a first set of servers to a first plurality of server facing ports on a plurality of switches;
- connecting the plurality of switches to one another via a plurality of network facing ports in a semi-structured random network architecture;
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- operating the plurality of switches for interconnecting the first set of servers to one another, wherein the semi-structured random network architecture enables additional servers to be added to the flat data center network during the operating while maintaining random interconnect,
- wherein the semi-structured random network architecture includes uniform random and non-repeating interconnections where the non-repeating interconnections includes each switch connecting to another switch but not via more than one network facing port.
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