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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9112817
APP PUB NO 20140241364A1
SERIAL NO

14273414

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One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a storage and a lookup mechanism. The storage stores a first table that contains an entry corresponding to a media access control (MAC) address of a device and an identifier of a remote switch associated with the device. The storage also stores a second table that contains an entry indicating a local outgoing interface corresponding to the remote switch. The lookup mechanism identifies the local outgoing interface corresponding to the device based on the first table and the second table.

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  • BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Koganti, Phanidhar Hyderabad, IN 50 3695
Manohar, Mary Santa Clara, US 4 139
Raman, Mythilikanth San Jose, US 26 956
Srivastava, Pankaj San Jose, US 14 319
Vobbilisetty, Suresh San Jose, US 56 3322
Yu, Shunjia San Jose, US 30 1717

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