Patent ID: 8065433

Claim:
A method comprising: under control of one or more hardware processors configured with executable instructions: assigning to a plurality of servers of the network architecture a first predetermined number of network ports; arranging a plurality of switches having a second predetermined number of network ports into a predetermined number of levels; connecting the plurality of switches to the plurality of servers using bi-directional links, the plurality of switches having no direct connection with one another, wherein connecting the plurality of switches to the plurality of servers comprises providing a predetermined number of parallel paths between any two servers of the plurality of servers, the predetermined number of parallel paths being equal to the predetermined number of levels; and identifying each server of the plurality of servers with an address array, the address array comprising digits, wherein number of differences between digits of an address of a first server of the plurality of servers and digits of an address of a second server of the plurality of servers indicates a minimum number of switches connected between the first server and the second server.