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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dhananjaya Rao, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hasmit Grover, Fremont, CA (US);
Shekher Bulusu, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01); H04L 12/705 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 12/6418 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, edge devices associated with a network segment are identified. One of the devices is elected as an authoritative device and any previous authoritative devices are instructed to halt forwarding network traffic to an overlay network.