Traffic management for virtual cluster switching
AssigneeBrocade Communications Systems, Inc.
InventorsSuresh Vobbilisetty, Phanidhar Koganti, Dilip Chatwani
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch system. The switch includes one or more ports on the switch configured to transmit packets encapsulated based on a first protocol. The switch further includes a traffic management mechanism and a control mechanism. During operation, the control mechanism forms a logical switch based on a second protocol, receives an automatically assigned identifier for the logical switch without requiring manual configuration of the identifier, and joins a virtual cluster switch.
Claims19
A switch, comprising:
- one or more ports configured to transmit packets encapsulated based on a first protocol;
- a traffic management module;
- and
- a control mechanism configured to:
- form a logical switch based on a second protocol;
- receive an automatically assigned identifier for the logical switch without requiring manual configuration of the identifier;
- and
- join a virtual cluster switch.
A method, comprising:
- encapsulating packets based on a first protocol;
- forming a logical switch based on a second protocol;
- receiving an automatically assigned identifier for the logical switch without requiring manual configuration of the identifier;
- joining a virtual cluster switch;
- and
- performing traffic management functions.
A switch means, comprising:
- a communication means for transmitting packets encapsulated based on a first protocol;
- a traffic management means;
- and
- a control means comprising:
- a logical switch means for forming a logical switch based on a second protocol;
- a receiving means for receiving an automatically assigned identifier
- for the logical switch without requiring manual configuration of the identifier;
- and
- a joining means for joining a virtual cluster switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.