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Clearing forwarding entries dynamically and ensuring consistency of tables across ethernet fabric switch

US8879549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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70References

24Claims

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Assignee

Brocade Communications Systems LLC · US

Inventors

Mythilikanth Raman · San Jose, US
Mary Manohar · Los Gatos, US
Wei-Chiuan Chen · San Jose, US
Gangadhar Vegesana · Milpitas, US
Vardarajan Venkatesh · Santa Clara, US
Raju Shekarappa · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 3, 2012
Grant date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 1, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/66
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes an ownership management mechanism and a notification mechanism. The ownership management mechanism maintains a local ownership association between the switch, and a medium access control (MAC) address learned at the switch and terminates the local ownership association for the MAC address. The notification mechanism generates a first notification indicating the local ownership association and a second notification indicating the termination of the local ownership association.

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