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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Extreme Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Srikanth Keesara, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Gautam Khera, Walpole, MA (US);
Vedavinayagam Ganesan, Nashua, NH (US);
Extreme Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a best route selection rule is presented. A determination is made at a first edge router, whether a second edge router in a network advertises a first BMAC address and at least one other BMAC address When the second edge router advertises only a first BMAC address, then the first BMAC address is used in a routing table for a Layer 3 (L3) next hop for a route. When the second edge router advertises more than one BMAC address, at least one other BMAC address is used in the routing table for said L3 next hop for the route.