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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yuchen Zhou, Tiburon, CA (US);
Richard Stewart, Boston, MA (US);
Alex Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yibin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Synchronization of traffic multiplexing in link aggregation is described. In an embodiment, a first link aggregator and a second link aggregator are associated with a plurality of links. The first link aggregator maintains an identifier for each link indicating at least a state of enabled or disabled. A synchronized clock is established between the first link aggregator and the second link aggregator. A particular link of the plurality of links is transitioned. Wherein, the transitioning is performed by the first link aggregator sending, to the second link aggregator, a first message identifying a particular time to transition the particular link. The first link aggregator receives, from the second link aggregator, a second message indicating that the particular time is acceptable. In response to a determination that the second message indicates that the particular time is acceptable and that the synchronized clock has reached the particular time, transitioning the link.