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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Rajib Majila, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/021 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 45/021 (2013.01); H04L 45/72 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for performing neighbor state management between peers of a Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Group (MCLAG) are provided. In one method, a first peer of a Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Group (MCLAG) performs state management for each neighbor entry in a first set of neighbor entries. Similarly, a second peer of the MCLAG connected in parallel with the first peer performs state management for each neighbor entry in a second set of neighbor entries, the second set of neighbor entries containing contain at least one neighbor entry absent from the first set of neighbor entries.