Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing anycast MAC addressing in an information handling system
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Application No.: US13560885Application Date: 2012-07-27
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Publication No.: US09614759B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Pathangi Narasimhan Janardhanan
- Applicant: Pathangi Narasimhan Janardhanan
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/58
- IPC: H04L12/58 ; H04L12/721

Abstract:
An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for providing an anycast MAC addressing capability to a network. The anycast MAC address may be provided by creating and using virtual routing bridges, which in the network topology appear in front of service-providing nodes associated with the anycast MAC address. The physical routing bridges that neighbor the virtual routing bridge in the network are configured so as to provide the routing bridge functions to the virtual routing bridge, including propagating network topology information representing the virtual routing bridge to the rest of the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140029412A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ANYCAST MAC ADDRESSING IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2014-01-30
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