Patents by Inventor Shashank Tadisina

Shashank Tadisina 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).

  • Mapping logical ports of a network switch to physical ports
    Patent number: 8989201
    Abstract: A Layer 2 network switch is partitionable into a plurality of switch fabrics. The single-chassis switch is partitionable into a plurality of logical switches, each associated with one of the virtual fabrics. The logical switches behave as complete and self-contained switches. A logical switch fabric can span multiple single-chassis switch chassis. Logical switches are connected by inter-switch links that can be either dedicated single-chassis links or logical links. An extended inter-switch link can be used to transport traffic for one or more logical inter-switch links. Physical ports of the chassis are assigned to logical switches and are managed by the logical switch. Legacy switches that are not partitionable into logical switches can serve as transit switches between two logical switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran, Shashank Tadisina, Subramanian Lakshmanan, Ethan John Cardwell
  • MAPPING LOGICAL PORTS OF A NETWORK SWITCH TO PHYSICAL PORTS
    Publication number: 20110085568
    Abstract: A Layer 2 network switch is partitionable into a plurality of switch fabrics. The single-chassis switch is partitionable into a plurality of logical switches, each associated with one of the virtual fabrics. The logical switches behave as complete and self-contained switches. A logical switch fabric can span multiple single-chassis switch chassis. Logical switches are connected by inter-switch links that can be either dedicated single-chassis links or logical links. An extended inter-switch link can be used to transport traffic for one or more logical inter-switch links. Physical ports of the chassis are assigned to logical switches and are managed by the logical switch. Legacy switches that are not partitionable into logical switches can serve as transit switches between two logical switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Gnanasekaran, Shashank Tadisina, Subramanian Lakshmanan, Ethan John Cardwell