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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Satya Ranjan Mohanty, San Ramon, CA (US);
Mrinmoy Ghosh, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dhananjaya Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sameer R. Gulrajani, Fremont, CA (US);
Mankamana Prasad Mishra, San Jose, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is performed by a network controller. The method includes receiving information that defines a topology of a network having Ethernet Segments configured with virtual local area networks (VLANs) and including provider edges that are multi-homed to customer edges. The method further comprises, based on the topology, determining for the VLANs particular provider edges among the provider edges that are to operate as designated forwarders of traffic for the VLANs, such that the VLANs are load balanced across the particular provider edges. The method also includes programming the particular provider edges as the designated forwarders of traffic for the VLANs.