Invention Application
- Patent Title: FIRMWARE UPDATE OF AN INTERCONNECT DEVICE
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Application No.: US15749032Application Date: 2015-07-30
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Publication No.: US20180217833A1Publication Date: 2018-08-02
- Inventor: Robert Teisberg , David Koenen
- Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- International Application: PCT/US15/43026 WO 20150730
- Main IPC: G06F8/65
- IPC: G06F8/65 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F13/40 ; G06F13/16

Abstract:
An example device includes a processor; a first interface port forming a first datalink to a core network device via a first interconnect device; and a second interface port forming a second datalink to the core network device via a second interconnect device, the first and second datalinks being redundant connections of a link aggregation group (LAG) including a plurality of multiplexed connections within a single network media. The processor is to: remove the first interconnect device while maintaining the second datalink; update firmware of the first interconnect device upon receiving a first indication that the first interconnect device has stopped receiving or transmitting data; and reestablish the redundant connections of the first interconnect device upon receiving a second indication that the first interconnect device has been added back to the LAG. The first and second indications include indications of states in each connection of the multiplexed connections.
Public/Granted literature
- US11379208B2 Firmware update of an interconnect device Public/Granted day:2022-07-05
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