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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2003
Michael T. Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anusankar Elangovan, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramesh M. Santhanakrishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chengelpet V. Ramesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Wafo L. Tengueu, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael T. Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anusankar Elangovan, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramesh M. Santhanakrishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chengelpet V. Ramesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Wafo L. Tengueu, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique that may be used to limit the amount of flooding that occurs for a particular virtual local area network (VLAN) in a data network. Limits are established for VLANs processed by an intermediate node. Each limit indicates a number of forwarding database entries that may be associated with a particular VLAN. If the number of entries in the forwarding database reaches the limit established for a particular VLAN, an action is taken which may include limiting the amount of flooding that occurs for that VLAN.