POWER OVER ETHERNET (POE) POWERED NETWORK ADAPTER INCORPORATING OPEN VSWITCH (OVS) AND FABRIC ATTACH (FA) CAPABILITIES

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14657278

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A POE powered network adapter incorporating OVS and FA capabilities includes one or more Ethernet ports. The device derives power from an external source over one of the Ethernet ports and delivers power over at least one other Ethernet port or ports to attached devices. Further, the device does not use a fan for cooling and uses an Open Flow compliant software based Datapath implementation. The OF compliant software based Datapath implementation is OVS. The device could also run proprietary vendor software. The device implements the Fabric Attach/Auto Attach (FA/AA) client/proxy capabilities. Additionally, embodiments include secure boot technologies to ensure that the only operational images that can be loaded on these device(s) are the ones that are approved by the vendor of the equipment. Additionally, coupling of the device to a specified device is supported wherein communication between said device and any other device is rejected.

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EXTREME NETWORKS INC6480 VIA DEL ORO SAN JOSE CA 95119

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Flynn, Dennis Merrimack, US 1 4
Keene, Carl Santa Clara, US 6 40
Unbehagen, Paul Santa Clara, US 31 1249

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