Inter-plane access
AssigneeMellanox Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsYoav Menes, Guy Rozenberg Kunievsky, Daniel Klein, Vladimir Koushnir, Michael Avimelech Gandelman Milgrom, Eitan Zahavi, Matty Kadosh
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Abstract
A network device, communication system, and method are provided. In one example, a network device is described that includes a plurality of switching elements, each switching element in the plurality of switching elements corresponding to a different plane from a plurality of planes in a planarized network. The network device also includes a ring mechanism generated based on a set of rules that permits inter-plane connectivity between the plurality of switching elements.
Claims20
A network device, comprising:
- a plurality of switching elements to route traffic, wherein each switching element in the plurality of switching elements corresponds to a different plane from a plurality of planes for carrying the traffic from the plurality of switching elements to one or more endpoints;
- and
- a ring mechanism to permit inter-plane connectivity between the plurality of switching elements by routing the traffic between the plurality of switching elements based on a set of rules, wherein the set of rules indicates that when uplink traffic is permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, downlink traffic is not permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, and when downlink traffic is permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, uplink traffic is not permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism.
A system for routing data traffic, comprising:
- a switch comprising a plurality of switching elements to route the data traffic, wherein each switching element in the plurality of switching elements corresponds to a different plane of a plurality of planes for carrying the data traffic from the plurality of switching elements to one or more endpoints;
- and
- a ring mechanism to permit inter-plane connectivity between the plurality of switching elements by routing the data traffic between the plurality of switching elements based on a set of rules, wherein the set of rules indicates that when uplink data traffic is permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, downlink data traffic is not permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, and when downlink data traffic is permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, uplink data traffic is not permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism.
A device, comprising:
- a plurality of switching elements for routing traffic to an endpoint, wherein each switching element in the plurality of switching elements corresponds to a different plane of a plurality of planes;
- and
- a ring mechanism to control inter-plane connectivity between the plurality of switching elements by routing the traffic between the plurality of switching elements based on a set of rules, wherein the set of rules indicates that when uplink traffic is permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, downlink traffic is not permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, and when downlink traffic is permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism, uplink traffic is not permitted to cross planes via the ring mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.