Methods and apparatus with virtual identifiers for physical switches in a virtual chassis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8797897
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13249963

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In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first switch having an egress port configured to be coupled to a second switch to collectively to define a single logical entity having a set of virtual identifiers. A first set of virtual identifiers from the set of virtual identifiers is associated with the first switch, a second set of virtual identifiers from the set of virtual identifiers is associated with the second switch. The first switch is configured to receive a forwarding table associating a first set of destination addresses with a set of identifiers local to the first switch and associating a second set of destination addresses with a set of identifiers local to the second switch. Each identifier from the first set of identifiers is uniquely associated the first set of virtual identifiers. Each identifier from the set of identifiers is uniquely associated the second set of virtual identifiers.

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  • JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Agarwal, Saurabh Fremont, US 41 463
Bhatt, Megh Dublin, US 9 156
Nakil, Harshad Santa Jose, US 28 742
Ramanathan, Shankar Bangalore, IN 20 75
Reddy, Rajashekar Santa Jose, US 24 1289

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