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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yibin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiajen Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Liqin Dong, San Jose, CA (US);
Shyam Kapadia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining a route target ('RT') membership for a network element; determining at least one attribute for the RT membership; and advertising the RT membership with the at least one attribute to other network elements. The at least one attribute may include an RT membership type attribute for indicating whether the RT membership is due to a local virtual network connection, transit support, or both. Additionally or alternatively, the at least one attribute may include a distribution tree binding attribute for indicating a distribution tree for the RT membership.