Abstract:
A network device is configured to: detect a virtual network that is unable to relay communication as a failed virtual network; identify, as a failed virtual network identifier, a virtual network identifier assigned to a combination of the failed virtual network and a physical port through which communication of the failed virtual network pass, based on mapping information; identify a first virtual tunnel end point that relays communication of the failed virtual network; identify a second virtual tunnel end point of another network device that communicates with the first virtual tunnel end point based on the tunnel information; and send, to the second virtual tunnel end point, a clear request including the failed virtual network identifier and an IP address of the first virtual tunnel end point, and the clear request being used for clearing a MAC address used in Layer 2 protocol.
Abstract:
A packet relay device has a packet receiving unit, a switch, a packet sending unit, an associative memory, and a packet search unit. The packet search unit has action registers which hold information specifying an action to be executed, holds address range information including consecutive address ranges of the associative memory and the action registers in association with each other, and registers a plurality of flow entries at a plurality of addresses in the same address range. The flow entries have conditions identifying the flows associated with the same action. The device inputs header information of the packets into the associative memory, determines the action to be executed in accordance with information read out from the action register corresponding to the address range including an address output from the associative memory, and executes the determined action.
Abstract:
Network switching arrangements including: setting an operation mode of a target switching block to a operation mode that is different from an operation mode of a first switching block while the first switching block is handling a switching process, the target switching block being one switching block selected from second switching blocks; performing a switchover process including starting the switching process using the target switching block instead of the first switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block; and copying the switching information held by the first switching block to the target switching block, prior to starting the switching process using the target switching block, after completion of setting the operation mode of the target switching block.
Abstract:
A connector housing apparatus includes a main body section that has a plurality of connectors confronting a plurality of external connectors of an external housing and a moving guide section that guides movement of the main body section toward the external housing. The moving guide section has a latching section that latches the moving guide section on the external housing. The main body section is connected to the moving guide section so as to be movable in a fitting direction of the plurality of connectors. The latching section latches the moving guide section on a position at which the plurality of connectors are fitted to the plurality of external connectors. The main body section moves along the moving guide section in the fitting direction of the plurality of connectors, and thereby the plurality of connectors are fitted to the plurality of external connectors.
Abstract:
A transfer device includes: first and second ports connected to L3 and L2 networks, respectively; a storage unit that stores data processing information which brings a MAC address of a communication device in the L2 network into correspondence with information regarding processing of data, and address information which brings an IP address of the communication device in the L2 network into correspondence with the MAC address thereof; and a transfer unit that, upon receiving data addressed to the communication device in the L2 network through the first port, searches the address information with an IP address in the data to acquire a MAC address corresponding to the IP address, searches the data processing information with the acquired MAC address, and depending on a search result, controls whether to transfer the data through the first port based on information regarding processing of data corresponding to the acquired MAC address.
Abstract:
A network relay apparatus includes: a clock generation circuit, a processing circuit, a load detector and a clock cutoff circuit. The clock generation circuit is configured to generate a clock signal having periodical clock pulses. The processing circuit is configured to operate in synchronism with the clock pulses, in order to process data that is to be relayed by the network relay apparatus. The load detector is configured to detect a load of processing by the processing circuit. The clock cutoff circuit is configured to cut off supply of the clock pulses from the clock generation circuit to the processing circuit in order to partially eliminate the clock pulses at a rate corresponding to the load detected by the load detector and to provide the clock signal having the partially eliminated clock pulses to the processing circuit.
Abstract:
A communication apparatus comprises a CAM, an action determination unit, and a CAM diagnosis unit. The CAM includes, a plurality of entries each storing therein at least a portion of header information of frame, and a search circuit for each entry configured to determine whether or not a search key matches data stored at the entry. The search key is correlated with information indicating whether or not an entry matching the search key and an expected value of a search result including identification information of an entry matching the search key. The CAM diagnosis unit causes the CAM to search for an entry matching the search key. The CAM diagnosis unit diagnoses a failure occurring at the search circuit of an entry to be the test object when the result of the search does not match the expected value of a search result correlated to the search key.
Abstract:
To improve fault tolerance of a ring network, provided is a data transfer device system belonging to a ring network system. The data transfer device system includes a plurality of data transfer devices; the plurality of data transfer devices including a first data transfer device and a second data transfer device connected with the first data transfer device; the first data transfer device having a first ring port; and the second data transfer device having a second ring port. The first data transfer device controls whether to permit the first ring port and the second ring port to transfer data based on a state of the network system, an attribute of the first data transfer device in the data transfer device system, and an attribute of the data transfer device system in the network system.
Abstract:
A relay device connected to a node and connects the node to a network, wherein, when receiving an address acquisition request through a physical port, the relay device transmits, to the node, an address acquisition reply including an address to be set in the node, node information identifying the node that has transmitted the address acquisition request, and an address of the setting information storage device which is connected to the network and configured to store setting information of the node, transmits, to the setting information storage device, a setting information acquisition request which is transmitted with an address of the setting information storage device set as a destination and which includes the node information, and transmits, to the node, setting information which corresponds to the node information included in the setting information acquisition request and which is transmitted from the setting information storage device.
Abstract:
It is provided a packet transfer apparatus comprising: a packet reception part; a packet transmission part; a packet generation part for generating an own-apparatus-originated packet serving as a packet for instructing a predetermined operation and outputting the own-apparatus-originated packet; a packet search part for determining a content of flow control and searching for an output circuit; a search memory for storing the content of the flow control and information for identifying the output circuit outputting the packet; and a packet transfer processing part. The packet reception part determines whether the received packet is the own-apparatus-originated packet; and outputs a self-origination flag indicating a result of the determining and header information of the received packet to the packet search part. The packet search part determines the content of the flow control for the received packet by referring to the search memory based on the self-origination flag and the header information.