Ingress switch multicast distribution in a fabric switch

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9565028
APP PUB NO 20140362854A1
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14284212

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One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes an inter-switch multicast module and an edge multicast module. The inter-switch multicast module identifies for a first replication of a multicast packet an egress inter-switch port in a multicast tree rooted at the switch. The multicast tree is identified by an identifier of the switch. The edge multicast module identifies an egress edge port for a second replication of the multicast packet based on a multicast group identifier. The multicast group identifier is local within the switch.

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  • BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS LLC

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Addanki, Venkata R K Cupertino, US 5 99
Raman, Mythilikanth San Jose, US 26 957
Yu, Shunjia San Jose, US 30 1717

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