Servicing forwarding elements in a network
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1. A method to service a network element, comprising:
- initiating a service event for an element of an active network node;
performing said service event by processing a set of capabilities associated with said element.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to provide service to an active network node may be described.
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33 Claims
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1. A method to service a network element, comprising:
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initiating a service event for an element of an active network node;
performing said service event by processing a set of capabilities associated with said element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a forwarding plane comprising at least one forwarding element (FE);
a control plane comprising at least one control element (CE);
a back plane for communicating capabilities information between said forwarding plane and said control plane;
a FE transport module (FTM) to aggregate and communicate said capabilities information using said back plane;
a CE transport module (CTM) to receive said capabilities information; and
a service management module (SMM) to initiate a FE bind event to discover and bind said FE to said CE using said capabilities information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. An article comprising:
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a storage medium;
said storage medium including stored instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in servicing a network element by initiating a service event for an element of an active network node, and performing said service event by processing a set of capabilities associated with said element. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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