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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Michael R. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Sitaram Dontu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Faisal Mushtaq, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael R. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Sitaram Dontu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Faisal Mushtaq, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A virtual network device cluster includes several different virtual network device sub-units, which collectively operate as a single logical network device. The virtual network device cluster identifies the virtual network device sub-unit via which a given packet enters the virtual network device cluster. A packet is forwarded through the virtual network device cluster based on which virtual network device sub-unit has been identified for that packet. In one embodiment, a method involves receiving a packet via a first interface of a first one of several virtual network device sub-units of a virtual network device and associating the packet with the first one of the virtual network device sub-units. The method also involves inhibiting the packet from being sent via an interface of one of the virtual network device sub-units, in response to the packet being associated with the first one of the virtual network device sub-units.
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