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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shankar Ramanathan, Bangalore, IN;
Srinivas Chinnam, Bangalore, IN;
Manish Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Harshad Nakil, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network device determines whether the network device has a local link for a link aggregation group (LAG), and identifies, when the network device has a local link for the LAG, the network device as a designated forwarder for the LAG. The network device also identifies, when the network device does not have a local link for the LAG, a closest network device to the network device, with a local link for the LAG, as the designated forwarder for the LAG.