Clearing forwarding entries dynamically and ensuring consistency of tables across ethernet fabric switch

摘要

One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes an ownership management mechanism and a notification mechanism. The ownership management mechanism maintains a local ownership association between the switch, and a medium access control (MAC) address learned at the switch and terminates the local ownership association for the MAC address. The notification mechanism generates a first notification indicating the local ownership association and a second notification indicating the termination of the local ownership association.

主权项

1. A switch, comprising:
an ownership management module operable to:
maintain a local ownership association between the switch and a media access control (MAC) address learned at the switch;terminate the local ownership association for the MAC address; andterminate an ownership association for a MAC address learned at a remote switch, in response to identifying a corresponding notification from the remote switch; and a notification module operable to:
generate a first notification indicating the local ownership association; andgenerate a second notification indicating the termination of the local ownership association.