Method and apparatus for performing link aggregation
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for performing link aggregation 有权
    执行链路聚合的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08792497B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-29

    申请号:US11605829

    申请日:2006-11-29

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28

    摘要: A network node or corresponding method of performing link aggregation reduces a number of Content Addressable Memory (CAM) entries required to make a forwarding decision for a given ingress flow, reducing cost, size, and power consumption of the CAM and accompanying static RAM. In one embodiment, an ingress flow is mapped to an egress flow identifier. Subsequently, the egress flow identifier is mapped to a member of an aggregated group associated with an egress interface based on information available in a given ingress flow. Finally, the given ingress flow is forwarded to the member of the aggregated group associated with the egress interface. A hashing technique or two lookups may be used alone or in combination in mapping the ingress flow to the egress flow identifier to reduce CAM memory usage.

    摘要翻译: 执行链路聚合的网络节点或相应方法减少了为给定入口流量做出转发决定所需的多个内容可寻址存储器(CAM)条目,从而降低了CAM和附带的静态RAM的成本,尺寸和功耗。 在一个实施例中,入口流被映射到出口流标识符。 随后,基于给定入口流中可用的信息,将出口流标识符映射到与出口接口相关联的聚合组的成员。 最后,将给定的入口流转发到与出口接口相关联的聚合组的成员。 散列技术或两个查找可以单独使用或组合使用,以将入口流映射到出口流标识符以减少CAM存储器使用。

    Method and apparatus for performing link aggregation
    2.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for performing link aggregation 有权
    执行链路聚合的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070280258A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-06

    申请号:US11605829

    申请日:2006-11-29

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56

    摘要: A network node or corresponding method of performing link aggregation reduces a number of Content Addressable Memory (CAM) entries required to make a forwarding decision for a given ingress flow, reducing cost, size, and power consumption of the CAM and accompanying static RAM. In one embodiment, an ingress flow is mapped to an egress flow identifier. Subsequently, the egress flow identifier is mapped to a member of an aggregated group associated with an egress interface based on information available in a given ingress flow. Finally, the given ingress flow is forwarded to the member of the aggregated group associated with the egress interface. A hashing technique or two lookups may be used alone or in combination in mapping the ingress flow to the egress flow identifier to reduce CAM memory usage.

    摘要翻译: 执行链路聚合的网络节点或相应方法减少了为给定入口流量做出转发决定所需的多个内容可寻址存储器(CAM)条目,从而降低了CAM和附带的静态RAM的成本,尺寸和功耗。 在一个实施例中,入口流被映射到出口流标识符。 随后,基于给定入口流中可用的信息,将出口流标识符映射到与出口接口相关联的聚合组的成员。 最后,将给定的入口流转发到与出口接口相关联的聚合组的成员。 散列技术或两个查找可以单独使用或组合使用,以将入口流映射到出口流标识符以减少CAM存储器使用。