Hangzhou H3c Technologies Co., Ltd

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Chi Fan

Rui Wang

Ju Wang

Haidong Wang

Shilin Zhang

Guohua Chen

Shunlin Zhou

Yong Wang

Dehan Yan

The present invention discloses a method for communication among different components, including integrating a Network Forwarding Component (NFC) for forwarding messages and at least one Independent Application Component (IAC) for performing other service processing into one network device; setting at least one cooperation mode in the NFC and each of the at least one IAC; and communicating with each other, by the NFC and the at least one IAC, according to the at least one cooperation mode. The cooperation mode may be any or any combination of a host mode, a mirror mode, a redirection mode and a pass-through mode. According to the present invention, the NFC and the IAC may communicate according to the cooperation mode so as to ensure that the NFC and the IAC can cooperate to provide various service capabilities including message forwarding and other additional service capabilities.

Network apparatus and method for communication between different components

A method and member device for forwarding service messages in an Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) system and an IRF system. In the method, each member device in the IRF system is allocated to at least two virtual devices, and at least one stack link for each virtual device is configured in order to connect interface boards among different member devices. When it is determined according to a forwarding entry of an interface board in a first member device receiving a service message that the service message is to be transmitted to a second member device, the service message is forwarded via the at least one stack link configured for the virtual device of that interface board.

Forwarding traffic flow in intelligent resilient framework system

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Beijing, China

Chi Fan