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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Victor M. Moreno, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mark Berly, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Douglas Gourlay, San Jose, CA (US);
Tameen Khan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Victor M. Moreno, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mark Berly, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Douglas Gourlay, San Jose, CA (US);
Tameen Khan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, when a network element is to be removed from or inserted into a network a Graceful Operations Manager schedules graceful shut-down and/or start-up routines for different protocols and/or components on the network element in an optimal order based on dependencies between the different protocols and components. The Graceful Operations Manager communicates with the different components at different stages of their shut-down or start-up process and communicates information on the standby topology across components and/or protocols to enable the synchronization of the standby topology computation on all components and/or protocols that are affected by the removal or insertion.