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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Duane E. Mentze, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark P. Henry, Sacramento, CA (US);
Richard J. Rollins, Penryn, CA (US);
Duane E. Mentze, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark P. Henry, Sacramento, CA (US);
Richard J. Rollins, Penryn, CA (US);
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure may include network devices, systems, and methods, including executable instructions and/or logic thereon, to check a multicast routing path. A network device includes a processing resource coupled to a memory. The memory includes program instructions executed by the processing resource to determine if a path between an initiator router and an end point router is available for transferring multicast packets, wherein the path between the initiator router and the end point router includes a number of routers.