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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Benny J. Thottakkara, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benny J. Thottakkara, Cupertino, CA (US);
Foundry Networks LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, aAmethod for supporting dynamic configuration changes,includes:comprisesreceiving a message from a current root bridge;,comparingtheabridge media access control (MAC) address of a receiving port totheabridge MAC address of the received message;,if the bridge MAC addresses arenotthe same, then comparing a current priority valuetowitha previous priority value of the current root bridge; if the current priority value is inferior, then,determining if theportreceivingthe messageportis a qualified root port;,and if the port is a qualified root port, then returning a superior designated message topermit each bridge toexecutea rapid spanning tree calculation for use in a dynamic configuration changean RSTP calculation.
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