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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2002
Rajeev Manur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tissa Senevirathne, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajeev Manur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tissa Senevirathne, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Force10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A network-processor device comprises a packet-processor for an ingress port that is operative to distribute data flows to a plurality of equal-cost paths for transfer of data toward a given destination. The packet-processor also includes further distribution circuitry for designating a link of a link aggregation by which to channel the data between routers within a part of a selected path. Accordingly, each of the layer distributions—i.e., amongst the higher-level equal-cost-paths and amongst the lower-level link aggregation—are capable of being coordinated by a common, generic packet-processor.