Patent ID: 9231860
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A system for hierarchical link aggregation, comprising a network interface device communicatively coupled to a processor, the network interface device having a plurality of physical ports comprising: a first link aggregation group (LAG); a second LAG; wherein the first LAG and the second LAG are designated by the processor as member logical ports of a third LAG; wherein data communicated to the third LAG is distributed between the first LAG and the second LAG in accordance with a first hashing algorithm; wherein data communicated to the third LAG and distributed to the first LAG is distributed among the members of the first LAG in accordance with a second hashing algorithm; and wherein data communicated to the third LAG and distributed to the second LAG is distributed among the members of the second LAG in accordance with a third hashing algorithm, wherein the first hashing algorithm is different from the second hashing algorithm.