Patent ID: 8892696
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a switch having a module implemented in at least one of a processor or a memory, and a plurality of ports including a first port and a second port, the second port being in a predefined physical sequence relative to the first port, the module configured to automatically assign a first compute device to operate within a first virtual local area network (VLAN) when the first compute device is coupled to the second port with a first cable and the first port has a second cable coupling the first port to a second device assigned to operate within the first VLAN, the module configured to automatically assign the first compute device to operate within a second VLAN different than the first VLAN when the first compute device is coupled to the second port with the first cable and the first port does not have a cable coupled thereto.