Patent ID: 9036629
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, via a first switch of a switch module, data intended for a destination, wherein a forwarding table of the first switch indicates a port of a second switch as an egress port for the destination; determining, via a switch manager of the switch module, that a port of the first switch is a member of a link aggregation group that includes the port of the second switch; and updating, via the switch manager of the switch module, the forwarding table of the first switch to remove indication of the port of the second switch as the egress port and instead indicate the port of the first switch as the egress port for the destination such that the updated forwarding table of the first switch is different than a forwarding table of the second switch with respect to the egress port for the destination to reduce latency of the switch module, wherein the forwarding table of the second switch indicates the port of the second switch as the egress port and does not indicate the port of the first switch as the egress port.