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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Chidambaram Bhagavathiperumal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Minh V. Mac, San Jose, CA (US);
Anitha T. Venkatraman, Chantilly, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a switching processor and switching logic. The switching processor is communicatively coupled to a virtual local area network (VLAN) and/or one or more ports. The switching logic is configured to: install a Multicast Control (MC) table on the switching processor, determine if multicast flooding is disabled in the switching processor; detect whether multicast routers are communicatively coupled to the port(s); install a multicast router flood entry on the MC table at least partially in response to detecting that at least one of the multicast routers is communicatively coupled to the port(s); receive at least one multicast packet at the switching processor; determine at least one received multicast packet destination based at least in part on the multicast router flood entry; and send at least one received multicast packet to the destination(s). Exemplary computer program products and methods are also disclosed.