摘要 |
A method for avoiding loop in an Ethernet ring includes, preventing, by transmit nodes constituting a ring, themselves from using the data frame transmission capabilities of ports on a link affected by a failure, when the ring failure has been detected by a transmit node constituting a ring; obtaining, by a master node of the ring, the ring failure, and performing a protection switching operation; flushing, by transmit nodes, their own forwarding tables, and forwarding a frame according to the flushed forwarding tables. If the failure in the ring has been removed, the master node shifts to a normal state and transmit nodes restore their data frame transmission capabilities of ports on a link ever affected by a failure. A system and an apparatus for avoiding data loop in an Ethernet ring are also disclosed.
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