SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRAINED MACHINE ADDRESS LEARNING
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1. A method of machine address learning at a network equipment having at least one first network port and at least one second network port, comprising:
- provisioning a first network port as being associated with at least one virtual connection at a second network port; and
constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned first network port and its associated at least one virtual connection.
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Abstract
A system and method for constrained machine address learning comprises provisioning a first network port as being associated with at least one virtual connection at a second network port, and constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned first network port and its associated at least one virtual connection.
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1. A method of machine address learning at a network equipment having at least one first network port and at least one second network port, comprising:
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provisioning a first network port as being associated with at least one virtual connection at a second network port; and constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned first network port and its associated at least one virtual connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of machine address learning, comprising:
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receiving a frame from a source network port; parsing the frame and determining a destination machine address and a source machine address; looking up the destination machine address in a machine address table; sending a duplicate of the received frame to each virtual connection associated with the source port in response to not finding a match of the destination machine address in a first machine address table; determining a pointer to a subroutine for determining a destination address in response to finding a match of the destination machine address in the first machine address table; looking up the source machine address in the first machine address table; and storing the source machine address in the first machine address table and the source port at a memory location associated with a storage location of the source machine address in the first machine address table, in response to not finding a match of the source machine address in the first machine address table. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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11. A method of machine address learning, comprising:
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receiving a frame from a source network port; parsing the frame and determining a destination machine address and a source machine address, the destination machine address indicating a broadcast frame; sending a duplicate of the received frame to each virtual connection associated with the source port in response to the destination machine address being a broadcast frame; looking up the source machine address in the first machine address table; and storing the source machine address in a first machine address table and the source port at a memory location associated with a storage location of the source machine address in the first machine address table, in response to not finding a match of the source machine address in the first machine address table. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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12. A method of machine address learning, comprising:
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receiving a frame from a source network port; parsing the frame and determining a destination machine address and a source machine address, the destination machine address indicating a multicast frame; sending a duplicate of the received frame to each virtual connection associated with the source port in response to the destination machine address being a multicast frame; looking up the source machine address in the first machine address table; and storing the source machine address in a first machine address table and the source port at a memory location associated with a storage location of the source machine address in the first machine address table, in response to not finding a match of the source machine address in the first machine address table. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A network equipment having at least one first network port and at least one second network port, comprising:
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means for provisioning a first network port as being associated with at least one virtual connection at a second network port; and means for constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned first network port and its associated at least one virtual connection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of machine address learning at a network equipment having at least one first network port and at least one second network port, comprising:
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provisioning at least one virtual connection at least one first network port as being associated with at least one virtual connection at least one second network port; and constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned at least one virtual connection at the at least one first network port and its associated at least one virtual connection at the at least one second network port.
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26. A method of machine address learning at a network equipment having at least one first network port and at least one second network port, comprising:
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provisioning at least one virtual connection at least one first network port as being associated with at least one second network port; and constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned at least one virtual connection at the at least one first network port and its associated at least one second network port.
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27. A network equipment having at least one first network port and at least one second network port, comprising:
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means for provisioning at least one virtual connection at least one first network port as being associated with at least one virtual connection at least one second network port; and means for constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned at least one virtual connection at the at least one first network port and its associated at least one virtual connection at the at least one second network port.
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28. A network equipment having at least one first network port and at least one second network port, comprising:
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means for provisioning at least one virtual connection at least one first network port as being associated with at least one second network port; and means for constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned at least one virtual connection at the at least one first network port and its associated at least one second network port.
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