Self-configuring trunking on a network device
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorYatin R. Acharya
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Abstract
A system automatically establishes a trunk between first and second network devices. The system monitors a source address and destination addresses in packets destined to or received from the second network device and determines whether a communication pattern exists. When a communication pattern is determined to exist, the system automatically establishes the trunk between the first network device and second network device.
Claims14
A method for establishing a trunk between first and second network devices, comprising:
- monitoring, via the first network device, at least one of a source address or destination address in packets destined for or received from the second network device;
- determining, based on the monitoring, whether a communication pattern exists, where the determining includes detecting a predetermined number of packets having identical source or destination addresses over a predetermined period of time;
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- automatically establishing the trunk between the first network device and second network device when the communication pattern is determined to exist.
A system for establishing at least one trunk between a first network device and a second network device, comprising
- means for monitoring at least one of traffic to the second network device or traffic from the second network device;
- means for determining, based on the monitoring, if a communication pattern exists, where the means for determining includes:
- means for detecting a predetermined number of packets having identical source or destination addresses over a predetermined period of time;
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- means for automatically establishing the at least one trunk between the first network device and the second network device when a communication pattern is determined to exist.
A network device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive packets having a source address and a destination address;
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- an internal rules checker configured to Monitor the received source and destination addresses in the received packets, determine whether a communication pattern exists over a predetermined period of time by detecting whether a predetermined number of packets having identical source or destination addresses over the predetermined period of time, and establish one or more trunks between the network device and at least one other network device in response to determining that a communication pattern exists.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.