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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Anoop Ghanwani, Rocklin, CA (US);
Shunjia Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anoop Ghanwani, Rocklin, CA (US);
Shunjia Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/825 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04L 47/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a congestion notification. During operation, the system receives a congestion notification message with a destination layer-2 address set as the receiving mechanism's layer-2 address. The system modifies a destination layer-2 address, a source layer-2 address, and optionally a VLAN identifier of the congestion notification message, and forwards the modified congestion notification message.