DIAGNOSTICS IN A DISTRIBUTED FABRIC SYSTEM
First Claim
1. 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:
- 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.
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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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8 Claims
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1. 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 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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