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Mechanism for terminating relay operations in a distributed switch with cascaded configuration

US9641455B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Patricia G. Driever · Poughkeepsie, US
Roger G. Hathorn · Tucson, US
Henry J. May · Mantorville, US
Christoph Raisch · Gerlingen, DE
Daniel Sentler · Passau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 18, 2013
Grant date	May 2, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/557
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are a method, a system, and a computer program product in which a plurality of switches are maintained in a cascaded configuration. A switch relays a switch fabric internal link services (SW-ILS) to generate a pair of exchanges comprising a first exchange and a second exchange at the switch. In response to a termination of the first exchange of the pair of exchanges, the second exchange of the pair of exchanges is terminated.

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