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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Nafea Bishara, San Jose, CA (US);
Marvell International LTD., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A network switch including a controller. The controller is configured to use a bridge table to bridge a first network and a second network. The network switch is configured to communicate with the first network and the second network. The controller is configured to determine whether an Ethernet packet received by the network switch from the first network or the second network is (i) an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast packet, or (ii) a media access control (MAC) multicast packet that does not encapsulate an IP multicast packet. The controller is configured to use the bridge table to route the Ethernet packet received by the network switch from the first network or the second network based on whether the Ethernet packet received by the network switch is (i) an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast packet, or (ii) a media access control (MAC) multicast packet that does not encapsulate an IP multicast packet.