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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Seenu Banda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Haragan, Jr., Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kidd, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew Mcrae, Berowra NSW, AT;
Seenu Banda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Haragan, Jr., Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kidd, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew McRae, Berowra NSW, AT;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Processing management packets is disclosed. In some embodiments, a network device includes a set of line cards. Each line card may include a management processor. In some embodiments, if it is determined that a management packet received by a first management processor of a first line card is associated with a management process that is at least in part associated with a second management processor on a second line card, the management packet may be forwarded from the first management processor to the second management processor. In some embodiments, a set of one or more management processors operate as a cluster of peers to implement the management functionality of a network device and may communicate via a private network.