Apparatus and method for assigning virtual LANs to a switched network,申请号US19970779143-传众专利搜索

Apparatus and method for assigning virtual LANs to a switched network

申请公布号：US6061334(A)

申请号：US19970779143

申请日期：1997.01.06

申请公布日期：2000.05.09

申请人：

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES NETWORKS LTD

发明人：BERLOVITCH, ALBERT;SHURMAN, MICHAEL;SHOUA, MENACHEM

分类号：H04L12/24;H04L12/46;(IPC1-7):H04L12/28

主分类号：H04L12/24

摘要：This invention discloses an apparatus for managing a switched routed network including a network configuration learning unit operative to learn a configuration of the switched routed network, a VLAN assignment unit for generating a division of the network into virtual LANs (VLANs) based on the learned configuration of the network; and a change manager operative to detect a change in the configuration of the network and to modify the division of the network into VLANs. A method for generating a division of a switched routed network into virtual LANs based on a learned configuration of the network is also disclosed.