US 12,081,458 B2
Efficient convergence in network events
Rajesh Pukhraj Jain, Irvine, CA (US); Eswara S. P. Chinthalapati, Irvine, CA (US); and Sandeep G. Bhat, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,031.
Application 17/563,031 is a continuation of application No. 16/304,683, granted, now 11,212,240, previously published as PCT/US2017/029816, filed on Apr. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/343,559, filed on May 31, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,945, filed on May 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174026 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 49/65 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01); H04L 49/354 (2022.01); H04L 61/103 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 49/65 (2013.01) [H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switch device comprising:
a control card comprising first processing circuitry configured to:
notify a management module regarding a layer-3 event associated with layer-3 operations of the switch device;
determine a layer-2 event associated with layer-2 operations of the switch device;
refrain from notifying the management module regarding the layer-2 event;
notify a line card of the switch device regarding the layer-2 event by sending a control message comprising at least Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) information obtained from a notification message; and
a local layer-3 module comprising second processing circuitry configured to:
receive the control message; and
generate another notification message comprising configuration information associated with the ARP information obtained from the control message.