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

Claim 20:
21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions for:
detecting an update to a second route in the RIB and locating a second route network prefix associated with the second route in the network prefix data structure;
determining that, prior to the update to the second route, a second parent network prefix and the second route network prefix were reachable using a pair of different next hops connected to the network element using the network prefix data structure;
determining that, after the update to the second route, the second parent network prefix and the second route network prefix are reachable using a second common next hop connected to the network element; and
in response to the determination that the second parent network prefix and the second route network prefix are reachable using the first common next hop after the update, removing an existing FIB entry associated with the second route network prefix.