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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Lawrence Kreeger, Fremont, CA (US);
Suraj Nellikar, San Jose, CA (US);
Sudarshana Kandachar Sridhara Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Udayakumar Srinivasan, Fremont, CA (US);
Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Lilian Sylvia Fernandes, Bangalore, IN;
Lawrence Kreeger, Fremont, CA (US);
Suraj Nellikar, San Jose, CA (US);
Sudarshana Kandachar Sridhara Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Udayakumar Srinivasan, Fremont, CA (US);
Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Lilian Sylvia Fernandes, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An example method is provided and may include multicasting a discovery packet in an overlay network, which includes a Layer 2 scheme over a Layer 3 network; and identifying endpoints based on their respective responses to the discovery packet, where the endpoints are coupled across a multicast backbone. In more specific embodiments, the method may include identifying disconnected endpoints in the overlay network based on a lack of responses from the disconnected endpoints.