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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sriram Sellappa, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Vipul P. Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/937 (2013.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/254 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 49/3018 (2013.01); H04L 49/3027 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network device includes a first network processor that forwards packets based on a first forwarding information table; a second network processor that forwards packets based on a second forwarding information table; a first group of ports operably connected to the first network processor; and a second group of ports operably connected to the second network processor. The first forwarding information table specifies that packets, received by the first network processor, that specify a destination device reachable by the first group of ports and the second group of ports are forwarded by a port of the first group of ports. The second forwarding information table specifies that packets, received by the second network processor, that specify the destination device reachable by the first group of ports and the second group of ports are forwarded by a port of the second group of ports.


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