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Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jayashree Subramanian, Cary, NC (US);

Arvind Venkateswaran, San Jose, CA (US);

Mankamana Prasad Mishra, Dublin, CA (US);

Stig Ingvar Venaas, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/1886 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 47/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first network device joins a redundancy group of a multihomed network element that is connected to a computing device. The first network device detects an active link between the first network device and the computing device, and receives from the computing device, a subscription to a multicast flow. The first network device adds the subscription to a first list of active multicast subscriptions stored on the first network device. The first network device sends a unicast notification to a second network device of the multihomed network element. The unicast notification causes the subscription to be added to a second list of active multicast subscriptions stored on the second network device.


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