18484567. SERVER-BASED-NOS DISAGGREGATED SWITCH DEVICE SYSTEM (Dell Products L.P.)
SERVER-BASED-NOS DISAGGREGATED SWITCH DEVICE SYSTEM
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Padmanabhan Narayanan of Chennai IN
Per Henrik Fremrot of Novato CA US
Colin Montgomery of Mountain View CA US
SERVER-BASED-NOS DISAGGREGATED SWITCH DEVICE SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18484567 titled 'SERVER-BASED-NOS DISAGGREGATED SWITCH DEVICE SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
A server-based-Network Operating System (NOS) disaggregated switch device system includes a server device having a server chassis, a switch connector that is accessible on the server chassis, and a Central Processing Unit (CPU) system that is housed in the server chassis, that is coupled to the switch connector, and that is configured to provide a Network Operating System (NOS). Server/switch cabling is connected to the switch connector. A switch device includes a switch chassis, a server connector that is accessible on the switch chassis and that is connected to the server/switch cabling, and a Network Processing Unit (NPU) system that is housed in the switch chassis, that is coupled to the server connector, and that includes a memory subsystem that is configured to be provided with a plurality of switch tables via the server/switch cabling and by the NOS provided by the CPU system in the server device.