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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2010
Michael L. Schuett, Fremont, CA (US);
Halsur V. Sreekantaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Atulya Chandra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael L. Schuett, Fremont, CA (US);
Halsur V. Sreekantaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Atulya Chandra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for discovering MPLS VPN links includes receiving a plurality of virtual route forwarding (VRF) identification messages generated by respective VRF entities at a logical parent Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol instance resident within a virtual network element in a network management system, aggregating in the logical parent Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol instance the plurality of VRF identification messages into a single Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol message encapsulating the plurality of VRF identification messages, and sending the single Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol message encapsulating the plurality of VRF identification messages to a neighbor parent Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol instance.