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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Smita Rai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chandan Mishra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Smita Rai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chandan Mishra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques are provided to load-balance traffic across a plurality of virtual PortChannel links (ports) at a switch device. The switch device interfaces to the plurality of virtual PortChannel links and receives packets to be routed of the plurality of links. The switch device routes the packets of the links so as to favor certain links over others based on operation conditions of the respective links.