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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Isaac Theogaraj, Bangalore, IN;
Harsha Nagaraja, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a network device that indicates a master network controller in a virtual redundant router protocol (VRRP) peer. In example implementations, the network device determines a bake-off time and refrains from sending packets during the bake-off time to a network. Also, the network device determines whether a first packet is received from the network. If either the bake-off time expires or the first packet is received from the network, the network device determines whether a spanning tree protocol (STP) convergence has completed. If so, the network device starts a VRRP state machine. If both the STP convergence has completed and the VRRP state machine has been started, the network device transmits a broadcast message indicating that the network device acts as a master network controller in the network.