Patent ID: 11943141
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A network device for managing a media access control (MAC) table, wherein the network device comprises:
a non-transitory memory, wherein the non-transitory memory stores computer-readable instructions; and
one or more processors connected to the non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer-readable instructions, and executing the computer-readable instructions causes the network device to implement a control plane, and the control plane is configured to:
obtain a first MAC entry; and
send the first MAC entry and a first identifier to a forwarding plane of the network device, wherein the first identifier instructs the forwarding plane to set the first MAC entry to a valid state in a first MAC table by setting a state flag included in the first MAC entry to indicate the valid state, and the first MAC entry comprises a first MAC address.