METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING WITH NEIGHBOR IN A DISTRIBUTED RESILIENT NETWORK INTERCONNECT (DRNI) LINK AGGREGATION GROUP

摘要

A method of updating operational states of a network device in a distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) of a link aggregation group is disclosed. The method starts with initializing the network device for link aggregation, wherein the initialization includes setting variables of the network device for a first portal as configured by administrative settings, where the first portal includes the network device and at least one neighbor network device. The method continues with determining that an operational state associated with the first portal is changed and updating a set of operational states of the network device for link aggregation in response to the operational state change, where the set of operational states of the network device for link aggregation includes an operational state of the gateway of the network device.

主权项

1. A method of updating operational states of a network device in a distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) of a link aggregation group, wherein the network device and a neighbor network device are included in a first portal of the link aggregation group, wherein the first portal is coupled via links of the link aggregation group with a second portal including one or more remote network devices, wherein the network device is communicatively coupled to the neighbor network device via an intra-portal port (IPP) using an intra-portal link (IPL), wherein each of the network device and the neighbor network device implements link aggregation including aggregation ports with a single aggregator of the first portal, and wherein each of the network device and the neighbor network device includes a single gateway of the first portal, the method comprising:
initializing the network device for link aggregation, wherein the initialization includes setting variables of the network device for the first portal as configured by administrative settings; determining that an operational state associated with the first portal is changed; and updating a set of operational states of the network device for link aggregation in response to the operational state change, wherein the set of operational states of the network device for link aggregation includes an operational state of the gateway of the network device.