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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Hariprasad Sudharshan, Chennai, IN;
Michael Colven, Dallas, TX (US);
Swati Mittal, Murphy, TX (US);
Maitreya Mukhopadhyay, Allen, TX (US);
Rajnath Singh, Murphy, TX (US);
Hariprasad Sudharshan, Chennai, IN;
Michael Colven, Dallas, TX (US);
Swati Mittal, Murphy, TX (US);
Maitreya Mukhopadhyay, Allen, TX (US);
Rajnath Singh, Murphy, TX (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for managing an Ethernet ring protection switching (ERPS) protocol in an Ethernet network. The method includes receiving an administrative data packet at a first network element; determining whether the administrative data packet contains an ERPS membership setting from a second network element; when the administrative data packet contains the ERPS membership setting from the second network element, comparing an ERPS membership setting at the first network element to the ERPS membership setting from the second network element; and performing an action when the ERPS membership setting at the first network element is different than the ERPS membership setting from the second network element.