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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Akshay Gattani, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for configuring a network device. The method includes writing a route for a destination IP prefix to the forwarding information base (FIB), and after writing the route, obtaining a set of routes and writing the set of routes to a routing information base (RIB). The method further includes, after writing the set of routes to the RIB and after the expiration of a timer: identifying, in the RIB, a set of ECMP routes from the plurality of routes for the destination IP prefix, processing the set of ECMP routes for the destination IP prefix, and updating the FIB of the network device based on set of processed ECMP routes.