Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Increasing multi-destination scale in a network environment
- Patent Title (中): 在网络环境中增加多目标规模
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Application No.: US13755829Application Date: 2013-01-31
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Publication No.: US08964530B2Publication Date: 2015-02-24
- Inventor: Bhuvan Mital , Rajagopal Subramaniyan , Narasimhan Gomatam Mandeyam
- Applicant: Bhuvan Mital , Rajagopal Subramaniyan , Narasimhan Gomatam Mandeyam
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: H04L12/00
- IPC: H04L12/00 ; H04L12/707
Abstract:
An example method for increasing multi-destination scale in a network environment is provided and includes receiving a packet at a pair of switches comprising a first switch and a second switch in a network environment, where the first switch is configured as an elected forwarder, and the second switch is configured as a standby forwarder. A fabric extender (FEX) is connected to the first switch and the second switch with a virtual PortChannel. The method further includes forwarding the packet to a host connected to the FEX. The elected forwarder is configured with substantially all multi-destination virtual interfaces (VIFs) on the FEX in a forwarding table. The standby forwarder forwards the packet to the elected forwarder. In specific embodiments, the elected forwarder programs the FEX with the VIFs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140211793A1 INCREASING MULTI-DESTINATION SCALE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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