Patent ID: 8649379
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of forwarding a packet in a network switch comprising a logical switch configuration, the method comprising: receiving a packet by a network switch on a port that is a member of a first redundant link aggregation group (LAG); detecting a Media Access Control Destination Address (MAC DA) in a header of the packet, wherein the MAC DA is associated with a second redundant LAG; using the MAC DA as a lookup key into a switch table maintained on the network switch to identify an egress port that is on that network switch, wherein the egress port is a member of the second redundant LAG, and wherein the switch table does not include the identity of the first redundant LAG or the second redundant LAG but does include the identity of one or more non-redundant LAGs; and forwarding the packet over the identified egress port.