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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2002
Applicants:

Ruiping Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Peter Steele, San Jose, CA (US);

Sundeep Mallya, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Steve Langlois, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ruiping Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Peter Steele, San Jose, CA (US);

Sundeep Mallya, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Steve Langlois, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

CIENA Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for replacing a current operating software with a new operating software in a working network environment during network operations while also preserving a backup for the replaced operating software. The method including active or non-active memories based on the operating software stored therein. The active and non-active memories being interchangeable to accommodate the new operating software without stopping operation of the network or active memory.


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