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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Pirabhu Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepak Cherian, Newark, CA (US);
Hariharan Balasubramanian, Oak Park, CA (US);
Ramprasad Nagaraja Rao, San Jose, CA (US);
Pirabhu Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepak Cherian, Newark, CA (US);
Hariharan Balasubramanian, Oak Park, CA (US);
Ramprasad Nagaraja Rao, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet at an input port of a network device, the input port having a plurality of queues with at least one queue for each output port at the network device, identifying a port group for transmitting the packet from the network device, the port group having a plurality of members each associated with one of the output ports, and selecting one of the queues based on utilization of the members. An apparatus for load balancing is also disclosed.