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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Spring, TX (US);
Tathagata Nandy, Bangalore, IN;
Venkatavaradhan Devarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Yamini Krishna Sekuri, Bangalore, IN;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A first network device in a network is provided. During operation, the first network device can send a first packet of a first data flow to a second network device in the network. Here, a source of the first data flow can be associated with a first role and a destination of the first data flow can be associated with a second role. The first network device can receive, from the second network device, a control packet indicating that the second role is precluded from receiving traffic from the first role. The first network device can then identify the first data flow based on information in a payload of the control packet and remove an entry from a flow data structure maintained in the forwarding hardware of the first network device. The entry can include identifying information of the first data flow.