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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2022
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ramakrishnan Iyer, Karnataka, IN;
Vishal Bandekar, Karnataka, IN;
Niranjan Nagaraju, Karnataka, IN;
Sriram Sellappa, Santa Clara, CA (US);
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Prefix compression routes provided via exact match using redirection and mirroring Forwarding Equivalence Class entries in hardware. In a network device, a first table is stored having a first entry, a second table is stored having a second entry, and a third table is stored having a third entry including routing information for routing data packets. The first entry references a first memory location in the second table, the second memory location stores the second entry, and the second entry referencing a second memory location in the third table. A data packet is received, and the first entry is accessed based on a destination address of the data packet. Routing information is obtained as a result of accessing the first entry. The data packet is sent by the network device according to the routing information.