System and method of enabling a transparent Ethernet switch

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8165119
APP PUB NO 20090323553A1
SERIAL NO

12164266

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A system and method of enabling a transparent Ethernet switch are disclosed. According to an aspect, a network switch is disclosed. The network switch can include a plurality of physical ports configured to communicate data via a network. The network switch can further include a memory configured to store a first forwarding database, and a plurality of aggregate zone entries within the first forwarding database. The aggregate zone entries can also include a port identifier of first port of the plurality of physical ports to be used as a transparent port within a first aggregate zone.

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  • DELL PRODUCTS L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hernandez, Hendrich M Round Rock, US 40 637
Holmes, Bruce A Austin, US 6 331
Roberts, Michael J Austin, US 74 1000
Winter, Robert L Leander, US 37 994

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