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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Pradeep Sindhu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Debashis Basu, San Jose, CA (US);
Pankaj Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raymond Lim, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Avanindra Godbole, San Jose, CA (US);
Tatao Chuang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi-chung K. Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey G. Libby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dennis Ferguson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philippe Lacroute, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gerald Cheung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pradeep Sindhu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Debashis Basu, San Jose, CA (US);
Pankaj Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raymond Lim, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Avanindra Godbole, San Jose, CA (US);
Tatao Chuang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi-Chung K. Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey G. Libby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dennis Ferguson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philippe Lacroute, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gerald Cheung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device constructs a notification corresponding to a received multicast data unit, where the notification includes administrative data associated with the multicast data unit that does not include a payload of the multicast data unit. The network device replicates the notification at least three different processing elements at different locations in a processing path of the network device to produce multiple replicated data items and produces a copy of the multicast data unit for each of replicated notifications. The network device forwards each copy of the multicast data unit towards a multicast destination.