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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Charles F Clark, Roseville, CA (US);
Shaun Wakamuto, Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 41/0659 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to transmitting specific traffic along a blocked link. A status of links between switches of a network is monitored. The status of the links is one of blocked and non-blocked. A blocked link is not used by a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). At least one of the network switches is configured to transmit the specific traffic along the blocked link.