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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Karthi Kaliyamoorthy, Villupuram, IN;
Rajesh Balachandran, Kallepully, IN;
Assignee:
DELL PRODUCTS LP, Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/32 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/08 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention include directing traffic in data communications systems. In embodiments of the present invention the traffic is directed based on a Media Access Control (MAC) address table. In embodiments of the present invention traffic directed to an unknown port is blocked to all ports that are in the MAC address table.