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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining whether a first network element with which a second network element is attempting to establish an adjacency is a client type element. If the first network element is determined to be a client type element, the method further includes determining whether the first and second network elements are in the same network area. If the first network element is a client type element and the first and second network elements are determined to be in the same network area, the adjacency is established. Subsequent to the establishing, a determination is made whether the first network element includes an inter-area forwarder (IAF).