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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Avni Baveja, San Jose, CA (US);
Mitali Parthasarathy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Mouli Vytla, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus for providing load-balanced switching, including a switching network; one or more logic elements operable for providing network switching or routing; and one or more logic elements providing a load balancing engine operable for: load balancing at least some incoming network traffic; receiving an exclude list identifying a network node excluded from load balancing; identifying a network packet directed to the network node excluded from load balancing; and directing the network packet to the network.