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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventor:
Marc Holness, Nepean, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/28 (2022.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network element configured to implement an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) Flexible Cross-Connect (FXC) local switching service includes a plurality of ports; and a switching fabric configured to switch traffic between the plurality of ports; wherein a set of ports is configured in a distributed Link Aggregation Group (LAG) with two nodes, and an inter-chassis link configured with a second network element, and wherein, responsive to a failure of the inter-chassis link, a distribution state of members in the distributed LAG is coordinated.