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Method and apparatus of handling data that is sent to non-existent destinations

  • US 6,628,608 B1
  • Filed: 03/26/1999
  • Issued: 09/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing a network switch comprising:

  • detecting, at a switch fabric that switches traffic received by the network switch, a status of a set of physical ports on an interface card in the network switch;

    determining from the status that the set of physical ports is inaccessible accepting, at the switch fabric, all traffic destined for the set of physical ports; and

    discarding, at the switch fabric, all of the traffic destined for the set of physical ports.

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