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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eddie Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeev Manur, Fremont, CA (US);
Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eddie Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeev Manur, Fremont, CA (US);
Force 10 Networks, Inc, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A packet network device has multiple equal output paths for at least some traffic flows. The device adjusts load between the paths using a structure that has more entries than the number of equal output paths, with at least some of the output paths appearing as entries in the structure more than once. By adjusting the frequency and/or order of the entries, the device can effect changes in the portion of the traffic flows directed to each of the equal output paths. Other embodiments are described and claimed.