METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING N-NODE MULTI-SWITCH LINK AGGREGATION GROUPS (MLAGs)
AssigneeExtreme Networks, Inc.
InventorsDonald B. Grosser, JR., Shankara Ramamurthy
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Abstract
A system for providing at least one node of an n-node multi-switch link aggregation group (MLAG) includes a packet forwarding device for receiving a packet destined for at least one n-node MLAG, n being an integer greater than 2. The packet forwarding device includes a packet forwarding database for storing packet forwarding rules for the at least one n-node MLAG. The packet forwarding device further includes a processing element for forwarding, blocking forwarding of, or redirecting the packet in accordance with one of the packet forwarding rules defined for the n-node MLAG group in the packet forwarding database.
Claims31
A system for providing at least one node of an n-node multi-switch link aggregation groups (MLAGs), the system comprising:
- a packet forwarding device for receiving a packet destined for at least one n-node MLAG, n being an integer greater than two, the packet processing device including:
- a packet forwarding database for storing packet forwarding rules for the at least one n-node MLAG;
- and
- a processing element for forwarding, blocking forwarding of, or redirecting the packet in accordance with the packet forwarding rules in packet forwarding database.
A method for providing at least one node of an n-node multi-switch link aggregation groups (MLAGs), the method comprising:
- in a packet forwarding device:
- receiving a packet destined for at least one n-node MLAG, n being an integer greater than 2;
- providing a packet forwarding database for storing packet forwarding rules for the at least one n-node MLAG;
- and
- controlling a processing element to forward, block forwarding of, or redirect the packet in accordance with the packet forwarding rules in the packet forwarding database.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:
- in a packet forwarding device:
- receiving a packet destined for at least one n-node multi-switch link aggregation group (MLAG),
- providing a packet forwarding database for storing packet forwarding rules for the at least one n-node MLAG;
- and
- controlling processing element to forward, block forwarding of, or redirect the packet in accordance with the packet forwarding rules in the packet forwarding database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.