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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2007
Michael Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Saravanakumar Rajendran, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ym Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Saravanakumar Rajendran, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ym Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and system for providing access layer satellite architecture in a data network including receiving a data packet from an access layer network device, the data packet including a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifier associated with a port on the access layer network device, performing a route lookup procedure based on the received data packet to determine a destination of the data packet, updating an ARP table with a Media Access Control (MAC) address associated with the VLAN identifier and the port of the received data packet, and transmitting the data packet to a destination network device, is disclosed.