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Scaling interconnected IP fabric data centers

US9325636B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Yibin Yang · San Jose, US
Alex Tsai · Cupertino, US
Liqin Dong · San Jose, US
Di Jin · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 14, 2013
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/1886
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques which provide scalable techniques for managing multicast traffic in interconnected IP fabric data centers. More specifically, embodiments presented herein disclose an aggregated source technique used to address scalability issues for interconnected IP fabric data centers as well as disclose a secondary rendezvous point technique used to address backbone network (S, G) multicast state scalability. Additionally, embodiments disclosed herein include an approach for border leaf load balancing based on group destination addresses used by VTEPs.

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