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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2011
Dennis Makishima, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vidya Renganarayanan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anil Kumar Chintalapati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sathish K. Gnanasekaran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Ji Young Park Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Vidya Sagar Ravipati, San Jose, CA (US);
Dennis Makishima, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vidya Renganarayanan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anil Kumar Chintalapati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sathish K. Gnanasekaran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Ji Young Park Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Vidya Sagar Ravipati, San Jose, CA (US);
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for mapping all possible paths between a source node and a destination node. During operation, the system receives a management frame, determines all possible next-hop nodes based on a destination address carried in the payload of the management frame. The system then selects one of the next-hop nodes, and modifies payload of the received management frame to include information associated with the next-hop nodes and the selected next-hop node. The system then forwards the modified data frame to the selected next-hop node.