Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual expansion of network fabric edge for multihoming of layer-2 switches and hosts
-
Application No.: US14820636Application Date: 2015-08-07
-
Publication No.: US09917771B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Sanjay Kumar Hooda , Nalinaksh M. Pai , Atri Indiresan
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L12/721
- IPC: H04L12/721 ; H04L12/751 ; H04L12/931 ; H04L12/947 ; H04L12/933 ; H04L29/12
Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for virtual expansion of a fabric network edge to include edge network devices. For example, unique virtual Internet Protocol (IP) addresses may be assigned to a plurality of L2 switches, wherein the L2 switches are connected to one or more fabric edge devices in a fabric, and wherein the L2 switches are located outside of the fabric. Next, the unique virtual IP addresses may be announced in an underlay of the fabric.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170041222A1 Virtual Expansion of Network Fabric Edge for Multihoming of Layer-2 Switches and Hosts Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
Information query
