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AssigneeBrocade Communications Systems, Inc.
InventorsShunjia Yu, Anoop Ghanwani, Nagarajan Venkatesan, Rajiv Krishnamurthy, Phanidhar Koganti, Mythilikanth Raman
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Systems and techniques for performing network layer multicasting in a TRILL network are described. Some embodiments provide a system that receives multicast packet that includes a network-layer multicast-address. The multicast packet can be received on a first multicast tree associated with a first virtual network. Next, the system can determine, based on the network-layer multicast-address, a second multicast tree associated with a second virtual network over which the multicast packet is to be forwarded. The system can then forward the multicast packet on the first multicast tree associated with the first virtual network, and forward a copy of the multicast packet on the second multicast tree associated with the second virtual network.
A switch, comprising:
The switch of claim 7, wherein the first multicast tree identifier is a nickname of a routing bridge at a root of the first multicast tree, and wherein the second multicast tree identifier is a nickname of a routing bridge at a root of the second multicast tree.
A system, comprising:
A method, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.