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Patent US8014301 - System and method for providing network route redundancy across layer 2 devices - Google Patents
Systems and methods are described for providing network route redundancy through Layer 2 devices, such as a loop free Layer 2 network having a plurality of switching devices. A virtual switch is coupled to the loop free Layer 2 network, the virtual switch having two or more switches configured to transition...http://www.google.com/patents/US8014301?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8014301 - System and method for providing network route redundancy across layer 2 devices
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Also published as US7209435, US7558195, US8593987, US9450893, US20090296565, US20120008635, US20140050225
Publication number 12477069, 477069, US 8014301 B2, US 8014301B2, US-B2-8014301, US8014301 B2, US8014301B2
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US 8014301 B2
21. The network device of claim 17 wherein the network device is a switch usable in a virtual switch comprising a plurality of switches, the switch being configured to act in concert with one or more other switches in the plurality of switches to provide route redundancy for a Layer 2 network.
The present application claims priority from and is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 11/695,458, filed Apr. 2, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,558,195, issued Jul. 7, 2009, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ROUTE REDUNDANCY ACROSS LAYER 2 DEVICES, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes. U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 11/695,458 is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 10/124,449, filed Apr. 16, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,209,435, issued Apr. 24, 2007, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ROUTE REDUNDANCY ACROSS LAYER 2 DEVICES, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
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U.S. Classification 370/242, 219/252, 219/386
Cooperative Classification H04L69/40, H04L45/586, H04L45/48, H04L45/32, H04L45/18, H04L45/00, H04L43/0876, H04L49/552
European Classification H04L45/00, H04L45/18, H04L45/48, H04L45/32, H04L45/58B