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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Purushothaman Nandakumaran, Milpitas, CA (US);
Joseph Olakangil, San Jose, CA (US);
Lakshmikanth Chowdary Pothula, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Swaroop George, Bangalore, IN;
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, embodiments relate to a method, for managing a network device, that includes accessing, by a feature agent of the network device, an allocation data structure, wherein the allocation data structure specifies a first portion of memory and a second portion of memory, identifying, using the allocation data structure, the first portion of the memory to be used during an upgrade, wherein the second portion of memory is used for storing a network device table, wherein the network device table is used by a packet transmission component while the upgrade is being performed, and upon completion of the upgrade, updating the allocation data structure to specify that the packet transmission component use a second network device table and stop using the network device table, wherein the second network device table is initially populated during the upgrade.