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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Venkata Pramod Balakavi, Dublin, CA (US);
Vipin Agrawal, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kung-Ling Ko, Union City, CA (US);
John Terry, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/743 (2013.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/7453 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); Y02B 60/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
Use of a hash operation based on selected information in the packet to select one of a set of enable vectors. The selected enable vector is then effectively ANDed with the link expansion vector to select the actual links to be used. The enable vectors vary by selecting a different link in the LAG port for each enable vector. Thus the hash is used to vary the link of the LAG port used to transmit the packet for that multicast packet.