公开(公告)号：US09674036B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US15053585

申请日：2016-02-25

Applicant: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

Inventor： Quaizar Vohra ,  Umesh Kondur ,  Nishanth Gaddam

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/937 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/933

CPC classification number: H04L41/082 ,  H04L41/0813 ,  H04L45/44 ,  H04L49/10 ,  H04L49/253

Abstract: In some embodiments, a switch fabric system includes multiple access switches configured to be operatively coupled to a switch fabric. The multiple access switches include multiple ports each to be operatively coupled to a peripheral processing device. A first set of ports from the multiple ports and a second set of ports from the multiple ports are managed by a first network control entity when the switch fabric system is in a first configuration. The first set of ports is managed by the first network control entity and the second set of ports is managed by a second network control entity when the switch fabric system is in a second configuration. The second network control entity is automatically initiated when the system is changed from the first configuration to the second configuration.