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Physical port sharing in a link aggregation group

US9313139B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

11Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Angelo Macchiano · Apalachin, US
Bruce H. Ratcliff · Red Hook, US
Richard P. Tarcza · Kingston, US
Susan M. Farrell · Binghamton, US
Mary Ellen Carollo · Ithaca, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 5, 2014
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/50
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Virtual switches are established in a host system of a computing environment. Each virtual switch of the virtual switches includes a respective virtual switch port grouped within a shared port group of virtual switch ports. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group are in communication with a common physical network adapter of the host system. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group share a single physical port of the physical network adapter as part of a common physical link aggregation group (LAG).

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