| 发明名称 | Scalable method to support multi-device link aggregation | ||
| 摘要 | A network device determines whether the network device has a local link for a link aggregation group (LAG), and identifies, when the network device has a local link for the LAG, the network device as a designated forwarder for the LAG. The network device also identifies, when the network device does not have a local link for the LAG, a closest network device to the network device, with a local link for the LAG, as the designated forwarder for the LAG. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US8958337(B1) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.02.17 |
| 申请号 | US201012977493 | 申请日期 | 2010.12.23 |
| 申请人 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 发明人 | Ramanathan Shankar;Chinnam Srinivas;Singh Manish;Nakil Harshad |
| 分类号 | H04L12/28;G06F15/16;H04L12/24;H04L12/801 | 主分类号 | H04L12/28 |
| 代理机构 | Harrity & Harrity, LLP | 代理人 | Harrity & Harrity, LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A method comprising: determining, by a network device, whether the network device has a local link for a link aggregation group (LAG); identifying, by the network device and when the network device has a local link for the LAG, the network device as a designated forwarder for the LAG; identifying, by the network device and when the network device does not have a local link for the LAG, a closest network device to the network device, with a local link for the LAG, as the designated forwarder for the LAG; receiving, by the network device, a packet from another network device; determining, by the network device, whether the packet is permitted to be forwarded by the identified designated forwarder; forwarding, by the network device, the packet when the packet is permitted to be forwarded by the identified designated forwarder; and dropping, by the network device, the packet when the packet is not permitted to be forwarded by the identified designated forwarder. | ||
| 地址 | Sunnyvale CA US | ||