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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
Kwun-Nan Kevin Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bipin Agarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for configuring/learning the link aggregation groups (LAGs) of a port extender (PE) at the time the PE joins an extended bridge are provided. According to one embodiment, a first network device in a system of network devices (e.g., an extended bridge) can receive a join message from a second network device in the system, where the join message includes a LAG configuration for one or more LAGs programmed on the second network device. The first network device can further determine whether a provisional LAG configuration for the one or more LAGs of the second network device exists on the first network device. If a provisional LAG configuration does not exist on the first network device, the first network device can learn the LAG configuration included in the join message and can integrate the second network device into the system based on the learned LAG configuration.