DUAL-PURPOSE UPLINKS USED IN A FAULT-TOLERANT STACK

A fault-tolerant stack of low cost switches each having only two dual-purpose uplinks is enabled by utilizing a specified topology for connecting the uplinks and implementing a recovery algorithm on each switch.

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Main Authors CHAHAL, GURINDERJIT, EDWARDS III, JAMES, ZIMMERMAN, CRAIG, YAGER, CHARLES
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 02.07.2008
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A fault-tolerant stack of low cost switches each having only two dual-purpose uplinks is enabled by utilizing a specified topology for connecting the uplinks and implementing a recovery algorithm on each switch.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060719078