System and method for switch management

摘要

A system and method for switch management includes a switch including a plurality of switch modules, and a status display panel. The plurality of switch modules includes one or more power supply modules for providing power to the switch, one or more cooling modules for cooling the switch, and one or more switching modules. The switch is configured to detect the plurality of switch modules, interrogate the detected switch modules, hierarchically organize status information based on information associated with the interrogated switch modules, and display the organized status information on the status display panel. The status information is displayed on the status display panel using an interactive status display system. In some examples, the switch further includes a plurality of status indicators, and the switch is further configured to temporarily activate the status indicators in response to active use of the status display system.

主权项

1. A switch comprising:
a chassis comprising a plurality of slots, the plurality of slots having inserted therein a plurality of modules interconnected by one or more interconnection mechanisms including a mid-plane, the plurality of modules comprising:
one or more power supply modules for providing power to the switch, one or more cooling modules for cooling the switch, one or more line cards, one or more route processing modules (RPMs), and one or more switching fabric modules (SFMs);wherein a first one of the modules is configured to:detect empty slots from among the plurality of slots using module detection circuitry;detect installed ones of the plurality of modules in the plurality of slots using the module detection circuitry;interrogate the detected modules by exchanging one or more messages with each of the detected modules;determine status information associated with each of the plurality of modules, including power requirements, voltage requirements, temperature limits, and cooling requirements;determine a hierarchy among the plurality of modules based on module types and a number of the plurality of modules of each module type;organize the status information associated with each of the plurality of modules consistent with the determined hierarchy; anddisplay the organized status information on a touchscreen status display panel mounted on one side of the first one of the modules in response to active use of the touchscreen status display panel, active use including navigation up or down the determined hierarchy using one or more navigation buttons.