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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Bijendra Singh, Plano, TX (US);
Melvin Tan, Richardson, TX (US);
Andrew Mao, Sachse, TX (US);
Ashok K. Naik, Plano, TX (US);
Bijendra Singh, Plano, TX (US);
Melvin Tan, Richardson, TX (US);
Andrew Mao, Sachse, TX (US);
Ashok K. Naik, Plano, TX (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Methods and systems for improved address table flushing in distributed switching systems may be provided. In accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, a switch may include a plurality of line cards and a processor. Each line card may including a table of addresses. The processor may be configured to, in response to receipt of a plurality of simultaneous requests, each request a request to flush addresses associated with a particular flooding domain present on the switch, perform flushing of addresses based on an aggregate number of address entries for each particular flooding domain associated with the requests.