Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Tao Guan

Kwun-Nan Kevin Lin

Vishal Sinha

Kalpesh Ashok Bafna

Shafiuddin Mohammed

Gefan Zhang

Siddhesh Dindorkar

Techniques for reducing broadcast and multicast traffic in a stacking system are provided. In one embodiment, a master device in the stacking system can automatically determine a minimal set of VLAN associations for stacking links in the stacking system. The minimal set of VLAN associations can avoid unnecessary transmission of broadcast or multicast packets through the system's topology.

Broadcast and multicast traffic reduction in stacking systems

Techniques for aggregating hardware routing resources in a system of devices are provided. In one embodiment, a device in the system of devices can divide routing entries in a software routing table of the system into a plurality of route subsets. The device can further assign each route subset in the plurality of route subsets to one or more devices in the system. The device can then install, for each route subset that is assigned to the device, routing entries in the route subset into a hardware routing table of the device.

Techniques for aggregating hardware routing resources in a multi-packet processor networking system

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Tao Guan