Patent ID: 9225600
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically configuring a networking interface of a host networking device, the method comprising: configuring the networking interface, by the host networking device without user interaction, to operate in a single-link mode in which a plurality of network communication lanes of the networking interface cooperatively provide a single communication link; after configuring the networking interface to operate in the single-link mode, determining, by the host networking device without user interaction, whether a signal is present on each network communication lane; in response to determining that the signal is not present on every network communication lane, configuring the networking interface, by the host networking device without user interaction, to operate in a multiple-link mode in which each network communication lane provides a separate and different communication link, and operating the networking interface in the multiple-link mode; in response to determining that the signal is present on every network communication lane, wherein the networking interface is configured between the single-link mode and the multiple-link mode just based on whether the signal is present on every network communication lane, and based on whether the single communication link has been established with another networking device.