DIAGNOSTICS IN A DISTRIBUTED FABRIC SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A computer program product for managing a distributed fabric system in which at least one scaled-out fabric coupler (SFC) chassis is connected to at least one distributed line card (DLC) chassis over fabric communication links, each fabric communication link connecting one fabric port of the at least one SFC chassis to one fabric port of the at least one DLC chassis, each fabric communication link including a plurality of lanes by which to carry cells, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising;
computer-readable program code configured to collect, by each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis, per-lane statistics for each SFC fabric port of that SFC chassis;
computer-readable program code configured to gather the per-lane statistics collected by each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis by a central agent; and
computer-readable program code configured to integrate the per-lane statistics gathered by the central agent into a topology of the entire distributed fabric system for presentation by a user interface.
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Abstract
A distributed fabric system has distributed line card (DLC) chassis and scaled-out fabric coupler (SFC) chassis. Each DLC chassis includes a network processor and fabric ports. Each network processor of each DLC chassis includes a fabric interface in communication with the DLC fabric ports of that DLC chassis. Each SFC chassis includes a fabric element and fabric ports. A communication link connects each SFC fabric port to one DLC fabric port. Each communication link includes cell-carrying lanes. Each fabric element of each SFC chassis collects per-lane statistics for each SFC fabric port of that SFC chassis. Each SFC chassis includes program code that obtains the per-lane statistics collected by the fabric element chip of that SFC chassis. A network element includes program code that gathers the per-lane statistics collected by each fabric element of each SFC chassis and integrates the statistics into a topology of the entire distributed fabric system.
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1. A computer program product for managing a distributed fabric system in which at least one scaled-out fabric coupler (SFC) chassis is connected to at least one distributed line card (DLC) chassis over fabric communication links, each fabric communication link connecting one fabric port of the at least one SFC chassis to one fabric port of the at least one DLC chassis, each fabric communication link including a plurality of lanes by which to carry cells, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising; computer-readable program code configured to collect, by each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis, per-lane statistics for each SFC fabric port of that SFC chassis; computer-readable program code configured to gather the per-lane statistics collected by each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis by a central agent; and computer-readable program code configured to integrate the per-lane statistics gathered by the central agent into a topology of the entire distributed fabric system for presentation by a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A distributed fabric system comprising:
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at least one distributed line card (DLC) chassis, each DLC chassis including at least one network processor and a plurality of DLC fabric ports, each network processor of each DLC chassis including a fabric interface in communication with the DLC fabric ports of that DLC chassis; at least one scaled-out fabric coupler (SFC) chassis, each SFC chassis including a fabric element chip and a plurality of SFC fabric ports, each SFC fabric port being connected to one of the DLC fabric ports by a fabric communication link, each fabric communication link including a plurality of lanes by which to carry cells, each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis collecting per-lane statistics for each SFC fabric port of that SFC chassis, each SFC chassis further including a processor and memory storing program code configured to obtain, when executed, the per-lane statistics collected by the fabric element chip of that SFC chassis; and a network element including a processor and memory storing program code configured to gather the per-lane statistics collected by each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis and to integrate the gathered per-lane statistics into a topology of the entire distributed fabric system for presentation by a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for managing a distributed fabric system in which at least one scaled-out fabric coupler (SFC) chassis is connected to at least one distributed line card (DLC) chassis over fabric communication links, each fabric communication link connecting one fabric port of the at least one SFC chassis to one fabric port of the at least one DLC chassis, each fabric communication link including a plurality of lanes by which to carry cells, the method comprising:
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collecting, by each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis, per-lane statistics for each SFC fabric port of that SFC chassis; gathering the per-lane statistics collected by each fabric element chip of each SFC chassis by a central agent; and integrating the per-lane statistics gathered by the central agent into a topology of the entire distributed fabric system for presentation by a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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