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Abstract

A method and apparatus are disclosed for decreasing the amount of time required to initialize a multiport switch. An address table stores addresses of source and destination stations that transmit and receive data frames to and from the multiport switch. Initialization logic is used for constructing and initializing the address table upon startup of the multiport switch. During normal operation of the multiport switch, a scheduler functions to allocate address table access bandwidth to various components of the multiport switch. Upon startup of the multiport switch, the scheduler increases the amount of bandwidth allocated to the initialization logic. The amount of bandwidth allocated to the initialization logic is decreased once the multiport switch is initialized.

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