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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Raymond Sprygada, Cary, NC (US);
Mark Berly, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Douglas Gourlay, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/654 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a device that performs a hitless update a boot image of a network element. In this embodiment, the device identifies the network element to update and determines if the network element has redundant paths. If this network element has redundant paths, the device configures the network element to drain data processing of the network element. In addition, the device updates the network element to a new boot image when the data processing of the network element is drained.