Cache management on high availability routers in a content centric network

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by an ingress line card of a forwarding device, a content object with a content object name, wherein the forwarding device comprises one or more line cards including the ingress line card;
• storing the content object in a location which is a cache of a selected line card;
• creating a first entry in a table of the selected line card, wherein the first entry indicates the content object name and the location in which the content object is stored;
• and
• providing a first notification message to one or more other line cards, wherein the first notification message indicates the content object name and the location indicated in the first entry and causes the one or more other line cards to create a second entry in a table, wherein the second entry matches the first entry.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of a forwarding device that includes one or more line cards including an ingress line card, the computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of the forwarding device, cause the forwarding device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, by the ingress line card, a content object with a content object name;
• storing the content object in a location which is a cache of a selected line card;
• creating a first entry in a table of the selected line card, wherein the first entry indicates the content object name and the location in which the content object is stored;
• and
• providing a first notification message to one or more other line cards, wherein the first notification message indicates the content object name and the location indicated in the first entry and causes the one or more other line cards to create a second entry in a table, wherein the second entry matches the first entry.