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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Lei Bao, Wuxi, CN;
Gangadhar Hariharan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tamanna Z. Sait, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkatesan Selvaraj, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to virtual link aggregation. One embodiment includes preventing network traffic loss upon rebooting of a first networking device based on: maintaining a first group of networking ports in a first disabled state, determining a link-status of a first link between the first networking device and a second networking device, activating a delay timer for delaying the rebooting of the first network device upon the determination of a first status indication for the first link, and switching at least one of the first group of networking ports to a first enabled state upon expiration of the delay timer.