US 11,811,901 B2
Platform agnostic abstraction for forwarding equivalence classes with hierarchy
Trevor A. W. Siemens, Coquitlam (CA); and Mayukh Saubhasik, Richmond (CA)
Assigned to Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,817.
Application 17/555,817 is a continuation of application No. 16/415,694, filed on May 17, 2019, granted, now 11,240,355.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116488 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 69/324 (2022.01); H04L 49/901 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 69/324 (2013.01) [H04L 49/901 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
obtaining a forwarding equivalence class (FEC) hierarchy, wherein the FEC hierarchy comprises an initial hierarchy height; and
generating a flattened FEC hierarchy from the FEC hierarchy, wherein the flattened FEC hierarchy comprises a flattened hierarchy height that is smaller than the initial hierarchy height.