Patents by Inventor Ashwin Ramani

Ashwin Ramani has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and method for automatically configuring ports in breakout or non-breakout mode
    Patent number: 11838701
    Abstract: In one embodiment, systems and method for detecting the intent of a connected optics/cable to operate in either a breakout mode or a non-breakout mode are provided. When a optics/cable is used to connect a port of a spine node to ports of one or more leaf nodes, initially both the spine node and the leaf nodes may automatically configure themselves to operate in breakout mode depending on the optics. Later, the spine node and one or more leaf nodes may exchange speed and optics information using a link layer discovery protocol or another protocol. If the exchanged speed and optics information indicates a mismatch, then the spine node or the leaf node may retain the breakout mode. If the exchanged speed and optic information do not indicate a mismatch, then the spine nodes and the leaf nodes may automatically re-configure themselves in non-breakout mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhu Balakannan, Shrawan Chittoor Surender, Ashwin Ramani, Eshwar Yedavalli, Srinivas Gaddam, Umamaheswararao Karyampudi
  • SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING PORTS IN BREAKOUT OR NON-BREAKOUT MODE
    Publication number: 20220400322
    Abstract: In one embodiment, systems and method for detecting the intent of a connected optics/cable to operate in either a breakout mode or a non-breakout mode are provided. When a optics/cable is used to connect a port of a spine node to ports of one or more leaf nodes, initially both the spine node and the leaf nodes may automatically configure themselves to operate in breakout mode depending on the optics. Later, the spine node and one or more more leaf nodes may exchange speed and optics information using a link layer discovery protocol or another protocol. If the exchanged speed and optics information indicates a mismatch, then the spine node or the leaf node may retain the breakout mode. If the exchanged speed and optic information do not indicate a mismatch, then the spine nodes and the leaf nodes may automatically re-configure themselves in non-breakout mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Prabhu Balakannan, Shrawan Chittoor Surender, Ashwin Ramani, Eshwar Yedavalli, Srinivas Gaddam, Umamaheswararao Karyampudi