LINK AGGREGATION

A disclosed method and device relate to defining a link aggregation group (LAG) media access control (MAC) address and assigning the LAG MAC address to two or more links to define a LAG. The LAG MAC address does not duplicate physical MAC addresses associated with the links in the LAG. Datagrams ass...

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Hauptverfasser:	TURLINGTON, MATTHEW, PITCHFORTH, DONALD, JR, KOTRLA, SCOTT, SCHELL, RICHARD, CHIU, HOWARD, BENCHECK, MICHAEL, LEE, JAMES, WELLBROCK, GLENN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	A disclosed method and device relate to defining a link aggregation group (LAG) media access control (MAC) address and assigning the LAG MAC address to two or more links to define a LAG. The LAG MAC address does not duplicate physical MAC addresses associated with the links in the LAG. Datagrams associated with the links in the LAG are routed based on the LAG MAC address.