Systems and methods for routing data through data centers using an indirect generalized hypercube network
US9705798B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure are directed to an indirect generalized hypercube network in a data center. Servers in the data center participate in both an over-subscribed fat tree network hierarchy culminating in a gateway connection to external networks and in an indirect hypercube network interconnecting a plurality of servers in the fat tree. The participant servers have multiple network interface ports, including at least one port for a link to an edge layer network device of the fat tree and at least one port for a link to a peer server in the indirect hypercube network. Servers are grouped by edge layer network device to form virtual switches in the indirect hypercube network and data packets are routed between servers using routes through the virtual switches. Routes leverage properties of the hypercube topology. Participant servers function as destination points and as virtual interfaces for the virtual switches.
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