Patent ID: 9184845
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring an optical circuit switch system in a data center comprising: receiving, by a network control module, a bandwidth request from at least one server group of a plurality of server groups communicatively coupled to the optical circuit switch system; determining, by the network control module, an optical link topology for the optical circuit switch system based on the received input data; converting, by the network control module, the optical link topology for the optical circuit switch system into an optical circuit switch port map; and sending the optical circuit switch port map to the optical circuit switch system and to a plurality of packet processing nodes communicatively coupled to an optical port of the optical circuit switch system, wherein for each server group with at least one server network interface communicatively coupled to the optical circuit switch, all server network interfaces on the server group are communicatively coupled to the optical circuit switch system.