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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Shekher Bulusu, Fremont, CA (US);
Sanjay Sane, Fremont, CA (US);
Smita Rai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gayatri Ramachandran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ronak Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Shekher Bulusu, Fremont, CA (US);
Sanjay Sane, Fremont, CA (US);
Smita Rai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gayatri Ramachandran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ronak Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided that includes configuring a first network element as a peer to a second network element. The first network element and the second network element are configured to execute a spanning-tree protocol (STP) in a network environment. The method may also include configuring a priority characteristic to be a same value for the first network element and the second network element such that both operate as root network elements for other network elements in the network environment.