TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING PATHS ANDOR TRUNK PORTS

专利名称：TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTING PATHS

AND/OR TRUNK PORTS FOR FORWARDINGTRAFFIC FLOWS

发明人：Hui Zhang,Yuen Wong,Vahid Naraghi申请号：US12198710申请日：20080826

公开号：US201201633A1公开日：20120628

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摘要：Techniques that offer enhanced diversity in the selection of paths (e.g., ECMPpaths) and/or ports from ports associated with trunks for forwarding data traffic. In one

embodiment, one or more functions are used to generate a result. A first portion of thegenerated result may be used as an index (e.g., ECMP index) for selecting a path (e.g., anECMP path) from multiple possible paths for forwarding a packet. A second portion ofthe generated result, different from the first portion, may be used as an index (trunkindex) for selecting an output port from multiple output ports associated with a trunkfor forwarding a packet. In this manner, selected portions of the generated result may beused as indices, one for selecting a path and another for selecting a trunk port forforwarding packets such that the two indices are not the same and are not dependentupon one another.

申请人：Hui Zhang,Yuen Wong,Vahid Naraghi

地址：Cupertino CA US,San Jose CA US,Los Gatos CA US

国籍：US,US,US

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