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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2009
Yuval Cohen, Raanana, IL;
Nafea Bishara, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Orr, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A network device includes a plurality of ports configured to transmit and receive packets of data. A memory is configured to store a routing table. A forwarding engine is configured to transfer the packets of data between the plurality of ports based on the routing table. A processor is configured to define a routing interface. The routing interface comprises a group of the plurality of ports. The processor is configured to assign a media access control (MAC) address to the routing interface. The processor is configured to modify the routing table to direct each packet of data having the media access control (MAC) address as a destination address to a port in the routing interface.