Method and system for link aggregation across multiple switches
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May 21, 2013
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Dec 8, 2011
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Apr 22, 2011
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Jun 8, 2010
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One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a forwarding mechanism and a control mechanism. During operation, the forwarding mechanism forwards frames based on their Ethernet headers. The control mechanism operates the switch in conjunction with a separate physical switch as a single logical switch and assigns a virtual switch identifier to the logical switch, wherein the virtual switch identifier is associated with a link aggregation group.
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