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AssigneeLSI Corporation
InventorsVishal D. Ajmera, Santosh Narayanan, Benzeer B. Pazhayakath
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Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing fast and efficient flushing of a forwarding database in a network processor. The present disclosure provides a deterministic mechanism to implement a flush operation for flushing the forwarding database. A dual FDB approach, a means for switching from one FDB to another in the event of a failure, and FDB flush operation as a background task are key features of this disclosure. The effective time for completing the flush operation is within a sub-50 millisecond time frame and is independent of the number of entries in the forwarding database. The flush operation may be performed using software.
A method for providing protection switching via a processor of a node included in a plurality of nodes configured in a ring topology, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for providing protection switching via a processor of a node included in a plurality of nodes configured in a ring topology, the method comprising:
A network processor for implementation within a node of a ring topology and for providing protection switching, the network processor comprising:
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