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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Qlogic, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Frank R. Dropps, Maple Grove, MN (US);
William J. Andersen, Mound, MN (US);
Leo J. Slechta, Jr., Eagan, MN (US);
Craig M. Verba, Maple Grove, MN (US);
QLOGIC, Corporation, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for a network device having a plurality of base-ports, each base-port having a plurality of sub-ports configured to operate independently as a port for sending and receiving information using one of a plurality of network links at a plurality of rates complying with a plurality of protocols. The network device includes a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) module for storing a plurality of entries for routing frames that are received for the plurality of sub-ports complying with the plurality of protocols. Each TCAM entry has an associated history value that is used by a processor for the network device to purge TCAM entries based on an age of the TCAM entries.