NetScout Systems, Inc.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPURPOSING LAYER 2 SWITCH AS A LAYER 1 SWITCH

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for repurposing one or more software configurable layer 2 switches in an IP (Internet Protocal) computer network to function as a layer 1 switch. Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) is reconfigured in each of the one or more layer 2 switches and one or more pipeline engines are routed to emulate layer 1 switching functionality in each of the one or more layer 2 switches.