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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2006
Rohit Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Mandar Joshi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Padavala Rao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gokul Tirumalai, San Jose, CA (US);
Rohit Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Mandar Joshi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Padavala Rao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Gokul Tirumalai, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, configuring one or more ports of an access layer entity connected to a distribution layer entity to suppress one or more network topology change information from transmitting to the distribution layer entity of a data network, detecting a state change to a forwarding state on the one or more ports of the access layer entity, and configuring the one or more ports of the access layer entity in the data network connected to the distribution layer entity to transmit a predetermined data packet on the one or more ports of the access layer entity whose state has changed to the forwarding state are provided.