公开(公告)号：US09258135B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-09

申请号：US14467211

申请日：2014-08-25

Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.

Inventor： Shankar Ramanathan ,  Srinivas Chinnam ,  Manish Singh ,  Harshad Nakil

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/709 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04L12/801

CPC classification number: H04L12/24 ,  H04L41/00 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/245 ,  H04L47/10 ,  Y02D50/30

Abstract: A network device determines whether the network device has a local link for a link aggregation group (LAG), and identifies, when the network device has a local link for the LAG, the network device as a designated forwarder for the LAG. The network device also identifies, when the network device does not have a local link for the LAG, a closest network device to the network device, with a local link for the LAG, as the designated forwarder for the LAG.