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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Ramkumar Sankar, Bangalore, IN;
Shivaprasath Sundarrajan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramkumar Sankar, Bangalore, IN;
Shivaprasath Sundarrajan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an implementation, a packet is received from a network device. A group identifier is retrieved from the received packet. A plurality of layer-2 switch identifiers that are associated with the retrieved group identifier is determined. A switch identifier is selected from the plurality of layer-2 switch identifiers. The received packet is forwarded to a layer-2 switch identified by the selected switch identifier.
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