Management of routing tables shared by logical switch partitions in a distributed network switch
US9137154B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/7453
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for managing a routing table in a distributed network switch. The distributed network switch is divided into logical switch partitions, or logical networks, that may share a routing table. The shared routing table is configured with counters and thresholds to control utilization of the routing table on a per-logical network basis. When counters exceed certain threshold, the routing table is modified to reduce routing entries within the routing table or pause insertion of new routing entries.
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