Reprovisioning technique for an interconnect fabric design
US7308494B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0896
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique is disclosed for reprovisioning an interconnect fabric design for interconnecting a plurality of network nodes. A design for the interconnect fabric specifies an arrangement of elements of the fabric and flow requirements among the network nodes. The invention programmatically reprovisions the design. This may include determining whether the flow requirements are satisfied by the design and whether the design violates constraints on the elements, such as bandwidth capacity and number of available ports. If the design does not satisfy the flow requirements, then the design is modified until the flow requirements are satisfied. Modifications are performed systematically by first attempting those that are least disruptive to the design and, then, attempting modifications that are increasingly more disruptive. As a result, the design is efficiently and cost-effectively reprovisioned to meet the flow the requirements.
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