Patents by Inventor Hemanth Murthy

Hemanth Murthy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Updating interface list of multi-link group
    Patent number: 10110474
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a network element that updates an interface list of a multi-link group of a network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a network element receives an indication that the interface list for the multi-link group on a network element is to change. In addition, the interface list includes a first set of interfaces. The network element further includes an address table having a plurality of address entries, where each of the plurality of address entries includes an address, a multi-link nexthop, and a tag group reference. The tag group reference references an entry in a tag group table, where a tag group entry includes a tag group identifier and a tag group set of interfaces. The network element further receives a second set of interfaces. The network element additionally updates the interface list for the tag group entry to include a second set of interfaces. Furthermore, the network element transmits data with the multi-link group using the second set of interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Zhu, Di Wang, Simon Francis Capper, Kartik Chandran, Sriram Chidambaram, Hemanth Murthy
  • LAYER-2 NEXT-HOP GROUP MLAG FAILOVER
    Publication number: 20180083863
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a network element that updates an interface list of a multi-link group of a network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a network element receives an indication that the interface list for the multi-link group on a network element is to change. In addition, the interface list includes a first set of interfaces. The network element further includes an address table having a plurality of address entries, where each of the plurality of address entries includes an address, a multi-link nexthop, and a tag group reference. The tag group reference references an entry in a tag group table, where a tag group entry includes a tag group identifier and a tag group set of interfaces. The network element further receives a second set of interfaces. The network element additionally updates the interface list for the tag group entry to include a second set of interfaces. Furthermore, the network element transmits data with the multi-link group using the second set of interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Feng Zhu, Di Wang, Simon Francis Capper, Kartik Chandran, Sriram Chidambaram, Hemanth Murthy