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  • Method and apparatus for avoiding transient loops during network topology adoption
    Patent number: 6954437
    Abstract: A master node in a network reports a spanning tree to a distributed dictionary. A plurality of nodes comprising a network including the master node access the distributed dictionary to adopt the spanning tree. The spanning tree is adopted in a coordinated manner to avoid potential transient topology loops in the network. In one embodiment, adopting the spanning tree in a coordinated manner involves disabling all links in the node that are to be disabled prior to enabling new links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mikael Sylvest, Soren Heilmann