Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Port congestion resiliency in a multi-card and multi-switch link aggregation group
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Application No.: US15072536Application Date: 2016-03-17
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Publication No.: US10171358B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Anubhav Saksena , Rajeev Chandwani , Shivam Agarwal
- Applicant: Ciena Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MD Hanover
- Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Hanover
- Agency: Clements Bernard Walker PLLC
- Agent Christopher L. Bernard; Lawrence A. Baratta, Jr.
- Priority: IN201611003986 20160204
- Main IPC: H04L12/709
- IPC: H04L12/709 ; H04L12/801 ; H04L12/803 ; H04L12/891 ; H04L12/931

Abstract:
Systems and methods for port congestion resiliency in a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) including a multi-card LAG and/or a multi-switch LAG. A method includes receiving a packet for egress over the LAG; responsive to determining no congestion over internal ports not part of the LAG, hashing with all member ports in the LAG in a distribution state; and, responsive to determining congestion over the internal ports, hashing with only member ports on a local card in which the packet was received, wherein the hashing determines which member port the packet egresses from in the LAG. The multi-card LAG includes multiple cards where packets ingress and egress from, and the cards communicate via a backplane port which is not part of the LAG. The multi-switch LAG includes multiple chassis where packets ingress and egress from, and the chassis communicate via an inter-switch connectivity port which is not part of the LAG.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170230294A1 PORT CONGESTION RESILIENCY IN A MULTI-CARD AND MULTI-SWITCH LINK AGGREGATION GROUP Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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