Linked network switch configuration
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Feb 1, 2005
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Jul 4, 2002
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Aug 3, 2001
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Nov 14, 2000
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A network device includes a first switch, a second switch, address resolution logic (ARL), and a CPU. The first and second switch having a groups of ports which are a subset of the plurality of ports and are numbered by a different numbering schemes. The CPU coupled to the first switch and the second switch and configured to control the first switch, the second switch, and the ARL. A first link port of the first group of ports is coupled to a second link port of the second group of ports. The ARL is configured to perform address resolution based on the first and second numbering schemes such that when the first network port a data packet received at the first network port destined for the second network port is directly routed from the first network port to the second network port.
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