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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); Y02D 50/30 (2018.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically selecting active ports and standby ports in a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) or a Multi-Chassis LAG (MC-LAG) between a first node and a second node are described. The systems and methods include receiving a configuration associated with the LAG or the MC-LAG; automatically determining a port status for each of a plurality of ports based on the configuration; and communicating the determined port status for each of the plurality of ports between the first node and the second node.