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Multi-chassis component corrector and associator engine

US8041811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2009
Grant dateOct 18, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/0233
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a network management system (NMS) and a method performed on the NMS including one or more of the following: receiving a notification of a new endpoint discovered in the network, the new endpoint representing an endpoint in a multi-chassis pair; determining that an address of the new endpoint conflicts with an address of a first existing endpoint of an existing multi-chassis pair, wherein the first existing endpoint is currently paired with a second existing endpoint; determining whether the new endpoint or the first existing endpoint is a proper endpoint of the existing multi-chassis pair; and when the new endpoint is the proper endpoint of the existing multi-chassis pair, updating the data representing the topology in the storage module to replace the first existing endpoint with the new endpoint as paired with the second existing endpoint.

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