Clearing forwarding entries dynamically and ensuring consistency of tables across ethernet fabric switch

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8879549
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13365808

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One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes an ownership management mechanism and a notification mechanism. The ownership management mechanism maintains a local ownership association between the switch, and a medium access control (MAC) address learned at the switch and terminates the local ownership association for the MAC address. The notification mechanism generates a first notification indicating the local ownership association and a second notification indicating the termination of the local ownership association.

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  • BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Wei-Chiuan San Jose, US 5 154
Manohar, Mary Santa Clara, US 4 139
Raman, Mythilikanth San Jose, US 26 957
Shekarappa, Raju Cupertino, US 3 53
Vegesana, Gangadhar Milpitas, US 1 37
Venkatesh, Vardarajan Santa Clara, US 17 365

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