SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING UNDIRECTIONAL LINKS FOR TAP AGGREGATION

摘要

A method and apparatus of a network element that keeps a port of the network element up in a split port configuration is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element receives an indication of a link loss on a receive interface of the port, wherein the port includes the receive interface and a transmit interface. In addition, the receive interface is coupled to a first device over a first link, and the transmit interface is coupled to a second device over a second link. Furthermore, the network element performs an operation of the port such that a link coupled to a transmit interface of the port remains up. The network element additionally suppresses receive faults that are received on the receive interface.

主权项

1. A network element including a non-transitory machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more processing units to perform a method to keep a port of a network element up in a split port configuration, the method comprising:
receiving an indication of a link loss on a receive interface of the port, wherein the port includes the receive interface and a transmit interface; and performing an operation of the port such that the second link coupled to a transmit interface of the port remains up despite the link loss indication received on the receive interface of the port.