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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vamsi Punati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hasnain Karampurwala, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/025 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for efficiently updating routing information in a network device such as a router. According to an embodiment of the present invention, information is stored identifying one or more nodes and leaves owned or advertised by the nodes. When a change occurs in a network environment, information is stored identifying one or more nodes and leaves that have changes associated with them. The routing information in the network device is then updated for only those nodes and leaves that have changes associated with them.