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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Ixia, Calabasas, CA (US);
Marcel Felix Desdier, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Wenxing Quan, Fremont, CA (US);
Elaine Rhodes, Felton, CA (US);
Ophir Shmuel Artzi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES SINGAPORE (HOLDINGS) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing high availability support at a bypass switch are disclosed. One method occurs at a bypass switch. The method includes determining that an inline tool associated with a bypass switch is unavailable. The method also includes determining whether the inline tool is required or optional. The method further includes in response to determining that the inline tool is required, disabling at least one link associated with the bypass switch so as to trigger a switchover involving a second bypass switch.