Method and system for automatically configuring fanout mode of a network switch port in an interconnected network
AssigneeQuanta Computer Inc.
InventorsCheng-Hsun LI, Ching-Chih SHIH
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Abstract
What is disclosed is a system and method to automatically configure the fanout modes of ports of a switch in a network system. The network node coupled to the port of the network switch is discovered. A plurality of fanout modes for the port is determined. The port is configured with one of the plurality of fanout modes. The system may also use neighboring ports to determine the maximum speed of a network interface card of the network node.
Claims15
A method of determining a fanout configuration of a port of network switch coupled to a network node, the method comprising:
- discovering the network node coupled to the port of the network switch;
- determining a plurality of fanout modes for the port;
- configuring the port with one of the plurality of fanout modes.
A method to determine the operating speed of a network interface card of a network node coupled to a first port of a network switch, the method comprising:
- storing the operating speed of the network interface card of the network node;
- retrieving a network interface card identity from a second network node coupled to a second port of the network switch, wherein the second network node is a neighbor of the network node;
- matching the identity of the network interface card of the network with neighbor information of the second network node;
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- retrieving the operating speed of the network node based on the matched identity.
The method of claim 11, wherein the operating speed of the nodes connected to the first port is retrieved periodically by a switch agent, and wherein the retrieved operating speed is compared with the stored operating speed of the node, and wherein the retrieved operating speed is stored if the retrieved operating speed is greater than the stored operating speed.
A network system comprising:
- a switch having a port having a plurality of fanout modes;
- a network node coupled to the port;
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- a switch agent operable to periodically determine the fanout modes of the port and configure the port for one of the fanout modes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.