Patent ID: 8717909

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a route reflector implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device, the route reflector configured to receive, from a network management module, an instruction to install a route associated with a multi-stage switch, the route reflector configured to send the instruction to install the route to a first route target network control entity associated with the multi-stage switch and a second route target network control entity associated with the multi-stage switch, the route reflector configured to receive, from the first route target network control entity, a first acknowledgement signal indicating that the route was successfully installed at the first route target network control entity, the route reflector configured to receive, from the second route target network control entity, a second acknowledgement signal indicating that the route was successfully installed at the second route target network control entity, the route reflector configured to send a third acknowledgement signal to the network management module in response to receiving both the first acknowledgement signal and the second acknowledgement signal.