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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shivakumar Sundaram, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Assignee:
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/727 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/121 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/123 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
In non-minimal routing, a switch determines outgoing links for preferred paths (e.g. shortest paths). Then, for another node in a preferred path, the switch determines outgoing links for paths to that node in a modified network in which each link in a previously determined path to the node is cut off. Packets can be tunneled on non-preferred paths to that node. Other features and embodiments are also provided.