Transmitting network information using link or port aggregation protocols

摘要

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device, a packet from a component in a virtual network device, the packet transmitted across a link aggregation bundle connecting the virtual network device to the network device and indicating if the component is a master component in the virtual network device, and determining if an error exists in operation of the component as the master component or a slave component. An apparatus for assigning services to physical links in an aggregated link bundle is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving at a network device, a packet from a component in a virtual network device comprising at least two physical components each operating as a master component or a slave component, the packet transmitted across a link aggregation bundle connecting the virtual network device to the network device, the packet indicating if the component transmitting the packet is the master component in the virtual network device; and determining at the network device if an error exists in operation of the component as the master component or the slave component, wherein determining if an error exists comprises determining if more or less than one of the components in the virtual network device are operating as the master component; wherein the link aggregation bundle comprises a group of physical links operating as a single virtual link, and the virtual network device appears as a single network device to the network device.