Abstract: Global ports are supported in multi-switch systems having arbitrary topologies. In some implementations, global ports are implemented in a manner which makes the switch system robust in the face of link failure. In specific Ethernet implementations, global ports enable flooding, learning, forwarding, and link aggregation across the switch system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 26, 2008
Publication date:
March 4, 2010
Applicant:
FULCRUM MICROSYSTEMS
Inventors:
Robert Southworth, Uri Cummings, Zhi-Hern Loh