| 摘要 |
In a system supporting multicast operations between endpoints (e.g., between writer devices and listener devices) coupled to a switch fabric, multicast groups may be managed such that switches may be configured or reconfigured when endpoints are added to or removed from the multicast groups. Multicast groups may be managed by determining one or more multicast paths between at least one endpoint device and a plurality of endpoint devices in a multicast group, identifying at least one switch along the multicast path(s), and updating a path count for at least one port of the switch(es). The path count tracks a number of multicast paths going in to or out of the port (s) for the multicast group. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
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