Arbitrating mastership between redundant control planes of a virtual node

    公开(公告)号:US10680944B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US15875449

    申请日:2018-01-19

    Inventor: Shrish Mahishi

    Abstract: In one example, a management component executes on a network device, a first routing component executing on a first server device physically separate from the network device to provide control plane routing functionality for a virtual node on the network device, and a second routing component executing on a second server device physically separate from the network device to provide control plane routing functionality for the virtual node, wherein the first routing component and the second routing component operate as a redundant master-backup pair for the virtual node. The management component is configured to detect first reachability of the network device with a first routing component and second reachability of the network device with a second routing component, and send a control message to each of the first routing component and the second routing component, the control message specifying reachability information indicating the first reachability and the second reachability.

    Hardware-assisted fast data path switchover for a network device with redundant forwarding components

    公开(公告)号:US11909635B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17193831

    申请日:2021-03-05

    CPC classification number: H04L45/566 H04L45/22 H04L45/28 H04L45/38 H04L45/42

    Abstract: A network device may receive packets, wherein the network device includes a first routing component, a second routing component, a first forwarding component, a second forwarding component, and a physical interface card concentrator with multiple physical interface cards. The first routing component may provide, to the physical interface card concentrator, a signal indicating that the second forwarding component is to be an active forwarding component. The physical interface card concentrator may cause, based on the signal, a data path for the multiple physical interface cards to be switched from the first forwarding component to the second forwarding component. The first routing component may provide the packets to the second forwarding component. The second forwarding component may provide the packets to the multiple physical interface cards via the data path. The multiple physical interface cards may forward the packets toward destinations associated with the packets.

    ARBITRATING MASTERSHIP BETWEEN REDUNDANT CONTROL PLANES OF A VIRTUAL NODE

    公开(公告)号:US20190230031A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-25

    申请号:US15875449

    申请日:2018-01-19

    Inventor: Shrish Mahishi

    Abstract: In one example, a management component executes on a network device, a first routing component executing on a first server device physically separate from the network device to provide control plane routing functionality for a virtual node on the network device, and a second routing component executing on a second server device physically separate from the network device to provide control plane routing functionality for the virtual node, wherein the first routing component and the second routing component operate as a redundant master-backup pair for the virtual node. The management component is configured to detect first reachability of the network device with a first routing component and second reachability of the network device with a second routing component, and send a control message to each of the first routing component and the second routing component, the control message specifying reachability information indicating the first reachability and the second reachability.

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