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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Amit Gupta, Fremont, CA (US);
Tse Yu Lei, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi Lung Chong, Fremont, CA (US);
Mythilikanth Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Amit Gupta, Fremont, CA (US);
Tse Yu Lei, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi Lung Chong, Fremont, CA (US);
Mythilikanth Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a local identifier associated with the switch, a receiving interface, a loop detection mechanism, and an interface control mechanism. The receiving interface identifies a loop-detection frame which includes an identifier associated with originating switch of the frame. The loop detection mechanism detects a loop based on a match of the identifier associated with the originating switch and the local identifier. The interface control mechanism is coupled to the loop detection mechanism and precludes, in response to detecting a loop, the receiving interface from forwarding frames corresponding to the loop.