About Reordering Network Frames

When you experience a route change in the network, the new selected path may be faster or less congested than the old route.

Figure 23-1 Route Change Delivery

If the in-order guarantee feature is enabled, the frames within the network are treated as follows:

• Frames in the network are delivered in the order in which they are transmitted.
• Frames that cannot be delivered in order within the network latency drop period are dropped inside the network.

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