公开(公告)号：US07289436B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-30

申请号：US10271564

申请日：2002-10-17

申请人： William Schaller ,  Jonathan Spratley ,  Derrick A Nagy ,  Chung Kei Leung ,  Alexei Permiakov ,  Tom C Wilson ,  Daniel Gravelle

发明人： William Schaller ,  Jonathan Spratley ,  Derrick A Nagy ,  Chung Kei Leung ,  Alexei Permiakov ,  Tom C Wilson ,  Daniel Gravelle

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： H04L49/254 ,  H04L41/0631 ,  H04L43/0811 ,  H04L43/0847 ,  H04L49/30 ,  H04L49/552

摘要： A system and method for managing communication links connecting components in a network element is provided. The network element has a first component, a second component and at least two communication links. The communication links are adapted to provide a first connection and a second connection between the first component and the second component. The system includes, for each communication link of the at least two communication links connected to the first component and adapted to provide the first connection and the second connection, a detection module adapted to monitor a given communication link for an error. The system also includes, for each communication link connected to the second component and adapted to provide the first connection and the second connection, another detection module adapted to monitor another given communication link for an error. The system further includes a collection module communicating with each the detection module to collect information about any errors detected thereby and to provide a status report of each communication link.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于管理连接网络元件中的组件的通信链路的系统和方法。 网元具有第一组件，第二组件和至少两个通信链路。 通信链路适于提供第一组件和第二组件之间的第一连接和第二连接。 对于连接到第一组件并适于提供第一连接和第二连接的至少两个通信链路的每个通信链路，系统包括适于监视给定通信链路以用于错误的检测模块。 对于连接到第二组件并适于提供第一连接和第二连接的每个通信链路，该系统还包括适于监视另一给定通信链路以用于错误的另一检测模块。 该系统还包括与每个检测模块通信的收集模块，以收集关于由此检测到的任何错误的信息，并提供每个通信链路的状态报告。

公开(公告)号：US07619886B2

公开(公告)日：2009-11-17

申请号：US10159087

申请日：2002-05-31

申请人： Joseph Soetemans ,  Dion Pike ,  Gavin Gonsalves ,  Jonathan Spratley

发明人： Joseph Soetemans ,  Dion Pike ,  Gavin Gonsalves ,  Jonathan Spratley

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/1459

摘要： The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing a common support services infrastructure that allows a network element shelf to be used with circuit card configurations that provide enhanced and/or new data path functionality without requiring the expensive and time consuming redesign of the entire shelf unit. In one embodiment, the invention provides support services including common control and housekeeping services to a subshelf bay into which one or more subshelves may be installed. In one embodiment, the common support services that are provided include power supply services, environmental control services, information display services, and operational control and management services. In one embodiment, the subshelf bay is provided with standardized means used to supply the common support services to the subshelves. In one embodiment, each sub-shelf contains its own midplane and is operationally independent from other subshelves. The use of subshelves and the separation of providing support services (provided by the infrastructure) from providing data path functionality (provided by the subshelves) allows data path functionality to be enhanced by replacement of a subshelf without requiring redesign of the entire shelf unit.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括一种用于提供共同的支持服务基础设施的方法和装置，其允许将网络元件架与电路卡配置一起使用，所述电路卡配置提供增强的和/或新的数据路径功能，而不需要对整个搁板进行昂贵且耗时的重新设计 单元。 在一个实施例中，本发明提供支持服务，其包括可以安装一个或多个子空间的子房架的共同控制和家政服务。 在一个实施例中，提供的公共支持服务包括供电服务，环境控制服务，信息显示服务以及操作控制和管理服务。 在一个实施例中，子台架设置有用于将共同支撑服务提供给子窗口的标准化装置。 在一个实施例中，每个子架包含其自己的中平面，并且在操作上独立于其他子架。 使用子窗口和提供支持服务（由基础设施提供）提供数据路径功能（由子窗口提供）的分离允许通过替换子机架来增强数据路径功能，而不需要重新设计整个机架单元。