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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chandrashekhar Appanna, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4629 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein that provide a network system comprising a first network element coupled to a network and a second network element directly coupled to the first network element. The first network element and the second network element are to connect to form a link aggregation group. The system additionally includes a network management device including a control agent, where the control agent is configured to configure the link aggregation group as a logical virtual tunnel end point (VTEP) of a virtual local area network (VLAN).