Data center networking
US9825776B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/351
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Networking systems and, more particularly, processes of limiting MAC address information in a forwarding table in data center networking systems are provided. The method includes limiting MAC address information in a forwarding table in leaf switches of a local area networking system by learning, for each of the leaf switches, only MAC addresses from directly connected hosts.
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