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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ayan Banerjee, Fremont, CA (US);
Raghava K. Sivaramu, Fremont, CA (US);
Srinivasan Ramabadran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mehak Mahajan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nataraj Bacthu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one example embodiment, a system configured for programming a network layer multicast address entry in a routing table of an ingress line card module is disclosed. The network layer multicast address entry includes a network layer address associated with at least one egress line card. The system is further configured for programming a data link layer multicast routing address entry in a routing table of a fabric card module in which the data link layer multicast routing address entry corresponds to the network layer multicast address entry.