Patent ID: 11924093
Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for:
detecting an update to a first route in a routing information base (RIB) and locating a first route network prefix associated with the first route in a network prefix data structure;
based on the update, determining a first parent network prefix associated with the first route network prefix using the network prefix data structure;
determining that a first parent network prefix and the first route network prefix are reachable using a common next hop connected to the network element using the network prefix data structure;
determining that at least one entry in a forwarding information base (FIB) is associated with the common next hop or the first parent network prefix; and
based on the determination that the at least one entry in the FIB is associated with the common next hop or the first parent network prefix, waiving creation of an FIB entry associated with the first route network prefix in the FIB on the network element.