Method and system for facilitating switch virtualization in a network of interconnected switches

    公开(公告)号:US10063473B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-28

    申请号:US14680915

    申请日:2015-04-07

    发明人: Glenn C. Wenig

    摘要: One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that are executed by the processor. The computing system stores in a first table a first mapping between a first switch identifier and a next-hop switch identifier for the first switch identifier, and stores in a second table a second mapping between the first switch identifier and a first media access control (MAC) address of a remote device. The computing system encapsulates a first packet, which has first MAC address as a destination address, in a first encapsulation header with the first switch identifier as an egress switch identifier of the first encapsulation header. This encapsulated packet is forwarded in a network of interconnected switches based on the first encapsulation header.

    End-to-end credit recovery
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09887927B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-06

    申请号:US14511155

    申请日:2014-10-09

    IPC分类号: H04L12/16 H04L12/801

    CPC分类号: H04L47/39 H04L47/18

    摘要: Packets or data units and their related credit returns each include an assigned phase value. When a credit test is desired, the phase value of outgoing data units is changed, for example from 0 to 1, and a new counter is set to a value of the outstanding credits having the original phase value. With each original phase credit received, the counter value is decremented. When a credit having the new phase value is received, the counter value indicates the amount of any credit error and appropriate corrections may be made.