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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2016
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Ramasubramani Mahadevan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Shivakumar Sundaram, Tamilnadu, IN;
Pathangi Narasimhan Janardhanan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a plurality of aggregation devices configured to distribute information in a virtual link trunk and a plurality of nodes coupled to the aggregation devices. When one of the plurality of aggregation devices received a reboot command, that aggregation device is configured to transmit a first message to the nodes indicating that the aggregation device is rebooting, receive a first acknowledgement message from the nodes indicating that they will not send any information to the rebooting aggregation device. The aggregation device is then configured to reboot, receive a second message from the nodes indicating the nodes are ready to receive information from the rebooted aggregation device, transmit a second acknowledgement message to the nodes indicating that the rebooted aggregation device has rebooted and is capable of receiving information, and receive information from at least one of the nodes for transmission to at least one other node.