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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2018
Extreme Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Srikanth Keesara, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Gautam Khera, Sugarland, TX (US);
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are presented herewith for automatically assigning a Multicast Backbone Media Access Control ('BMAC') address to a switch (or a similar network device) newly-added to a network. Media Access Control ('MAC') addresses (unicast addresses) that are assigned by default to the switch may be used in a process to generate a multicast BMAC address and assign the multicast BMAC address to the switch, thereby, automatically enabling communications with other network devices over the SPB network. The process involves modifying a bit of a selected unicast address to transform the address into a multicast address. The system may use the modified MAC address as the multicast BMAC address.