摘要:
A critical interface may be defined for a network device such that if the critical interface goes DOWN, the network device will perform a forced failover. IP addresses are assigned to interface groups, and interface groups are assigned to a critical interface. The critical interface will go DOWN if any one of the interface groups goes DOWN. The interface groups will not go DOWN, however, unless all members' IP addresses assigned to the interface group go DOWN. By configuring the critical interface in this manner, the network manager has increased flexibility in defining which events should and should not trigger failover of the network device. Additionally, combinations of events may be grouped to enable the network manager to take into account fairly complex failure scenarios and specify, with precision, the action to be taken by the network device under myriad possible situations.
摘要:
Described are a method and a device for efficiently switching multicast data flows from a shared distribution tree to a shortest path distribution tree. The method achieves an efficient and scalable tree switch that reduces the latency of multicast data transmitted from the source to receivers. A determination is made for each source group (S,G) entry in a portion of a forwarding plane database of a router as to whether a byte count for that entry exceeds a threshold value. A message sent from the forwarding plane to the router control plane indicates the (S,G) entries determined to have byte counts exceeding the respective threshold values. For each message entry, the respective shared distribution tree is switched to a shortest path distribution tree. The method achieves a substantial reduction in the number of inter-process messages exchanged between the control plane and the forwarding plane compared to conventional tree switchover techniques.
摘要:
Safe and efficient passing of information from a forwarding-plane to a control-plane is provided. The information can be passed from a forwarding-plane process to a control-plane process without having to modify the control-plane process and without requiring the processes to pass information via shared memory. The information is encoded in the forwarding-plane process. The encoded information is passed to the operating system, wherein the operating system interprets the encoded information and reports the information to the control plane process. The present invention can be advantageously utilized in passing multicast events from a forwarding-plane process to a control-plane process. Multicast events can be passed from a forwarding-plane process to a control-plane process without having to modify the control-plane process and without requiring the processes to pass messages via shared memory.
摘要:
Safe and efficient passing of information from a forwarding-plane to a control-plane is provided. The information can be passed from a forwarding-plane process to a control-plane process without having to modify the control-plane process and without requiring the processes to pass information via shared memory. The information is encoded in the forwarding-plane process. The encoded information is passed to the operating system, wherein the operating system interprets the encoded information and reports the information to the control plane process. The present invention can be advantageously utilized in passing multicast events from a forwarding-plane process to a control-plane process. Multicast events can be passed from a forwarding-plane process to a control-plane process without having to modify the control-plane process and without requiring the processes to pass messages via shared memory.
摘要:
Described are a method and a device for efficiently switching multicast data flows from a shared distribution tree to a shortest path distribution tree. The method achieves an efficient and scalable tree switch that reduces the latency of multicast data transmitted from the source to receivers. A determination is made for each source group (S,G) entry in a portion of a forwarding plane database of a router as to whether a byte count for that entry exceeds a threshold value. A message sent from the forwarding plane to the router control plane indicates the (S,G) entries determined to have byte counts exceeding the respective threshold values. For each message entry, the respective shared distribution tree is switched to a shortest path distribution tree. The method achieves a substantial reduction in the number of inter-process messages exchanged between the control plane and the forwarding plane compared to conventional tree switchover techniques.