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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Michael R. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Douglas Alan Gourlay, Sausalito, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ym Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ali Golshan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael R. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Douglas Alan Gourlay, Sausalito, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ym Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ali Golshan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An adjunct network device includes several ports, an uplink interface, and an adjunct forwarding engine coupled to the ports and the uplink interface. A first port is configured to receive a packet, which includes a destination address. The adjunct forwarding engine is configured to send the packet to the uplink interface if the destination address is not associated with any of the ports. The packet is sent to one of the ports if the destination address is associated with the one of the ports.