NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING WORKING MODES OF LINE CARDS
First Claim
1. A network device, comprising:
- a plurality of line cards, each line card having an individual identifier; and
a management card, comprising;
a cache that stores the individual identifier for each of the line cards, a working mode, and an associated identifier for each of the plurality of line cards, wherein the associated identifier of each of the plurality of line cards simultaneously acts as the individual identifier for another line card while operating under a redundancy mode;
a searching module configured for receiving the individual identifier from at least one of the line cards and searching the cache to acquire a corresponding working mode for each of the line cards and the associated identifier to the individual identifier; and
a communication module configured for sending the corresponding working mode and the associated identifier to the at least one line card with the individual identifier to set a working mode for the at least one line card with the individual identifier.
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Abstract
A network device includes a plurality of line cards and a management card. Each line card has an individual identifier. The management card includes a cache, a searching module, and a communication module. The cache stores the individual identifier, a working mode, and an associated identifier for each of the plurality of line cards. The searching module is configured for receiving the individual identifier from at least one of the line cards and searching the cache to acquire a corresponding working mode and the associated identifier to the individual identifier. The communication module is configured for sending the corresponding working mode and the associated identifier to the at least one line card with the individual identifier to set a working mode for the at least one line card with the individual identifier. A method for setting working modes of line cards is also provided.
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6 Claims
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1. A network device, comprising:
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a plurality of line cards, each line card having an individual identifier; and a management card, comprising; a cache that stores the individual identifier for each of the line cards, a working mode, and an associated identifier for each of the plurality of line cards, wherein the associated identifier of each of the plurality of line cards simultaneously acts as the individual identifier for another line card while operating under a redundancy mode; a searching module configured for receiving the individual identifier from at least one of the line cards and searching the cache to acquire a corresponding working mode for each of the line cards and the associated identifier to the individual identifier; and a communication module configured for sending the corresponding working mode and the associated identifier to the at least one line card with the individual identifier to set a working mode for the at least one line card with the individual identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for setting working modes of a plurality of line cards, each of the line cards having an individual identifier, the method comprising:
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providing a cache that stores the individual identifier, a working mode, and an associated identifier for each of the plurality of line cards, wherein the associated identifier of each of the plurality of line cards simultaneously acts as the individual identifier for another line card while operating under a redundancy mode; receiving the individual identifier from one of the line cards; searching the cache to acquire the corresponding working mode and associated identifier to the individual identifier of said one of the line cards; and sending the corresponding working mode and associated identifier to said one line card with the individual identifier to set a working mode for said one line card with the individual identifier. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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