Method and System for Routing Data

摘要

A method includes identifying internal links or forwarding elements within other network devices. The method further includes selecting a route for forwarding a packet through the other network devices based, at least in part, on link costs associated with the internal links within the other network devices.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying a particular link cost associated with an internal link between a first forwarding element and a second forwarding element that are inside a particular network device; determining a total link cost for a first route from a first network device to a second network device via the particular network device, the total link cost comprising the particular link cost associated with the internal link between the first forwarding element and the second forwarding element that are inside the particular network device; selecting one of the first route and a second route from the first network device to the second network device for forwarding a packet, based at least in part on the total link cost for the first route from the first network device to the second network device; wherein the particular network device comprises a hardware processor.