Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of updating a network element
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Application No.: US16719579Application Date: 2019-12-18
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Publication No.: US11249747B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Peter Raymond Sprygada , Mark Berly , Douglas Gourlay
- Applicant: Arista Networks, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Fountainhead Law Group P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F8/61
- IPC: G06F8/61 ; G06F8/656 ; G06F8/654 ; H04L12/24 ; G06F8/65
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of a device that performs a hitless update a boot image of a network element. In this embodiment, the device identifies the network element to update and determines if the network element has redundant paths. If this network element has redundant paths, the device configures the network element to drain data processing of the network element. In addition, the device updates the network element to a new boot image when the data processing of the network element is drained.
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