发明名称 |
PROGRESSIVE MAC ADDRESS LEARNING |
摘要 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch in a network of interconnected switches. The switch includes a storage device, a hardware management apparatus, and a layer-2 management apparatus. The storage device stores a forwarding table, which includes an entry comprising a MAC address and an egress port for the MAC address. The hardware management apparatus determines whether a destination MAC address of a frame is present in a hardware table in memory of the switch. The layer-2 management apparatus, in response to a determination that the destination MAC address is not present in the hardware table, looks up a first entry comprising the destination MAC address in the forwarding table, and creates a second entry comprising the destination MAC address in the hardware table based on the first entry. |
申请公布号 |
EP2985959(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.02.17 |
申请号 |
EP20150180574 |
申请日期 |
2015.08.11 |
申请人 |
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
VOBBILISETTY, SURESH;RAMAN, MYTHILIKANTH;KOGANTI, PHANIDHAR;SHEKARAPPA, RAJU;PUJARA, MAHESH K;JHA, PANKAJ K |
分类号 |
H04L12/747;H04L12/935 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/747 |
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