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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2007 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 69/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with one example embodiment, there is provided a method for configuring a virtual IP address ('VIP') at a network element, wherein the configuring includes identifying at least one ingress interface of the network element for receiving traffic destined for the VIP and wherein the VIP is associated with a plurality of servers; determining whether the configuring indicates that the VIP is to be advertised; and advertising the configured VIP address to at least one neighboring network node if the configuring indicates that the VIP is to be advertised.