Patent ID: 11861358
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method comprising:
detecting a first change in state indicating that a first network interconnect device from a link aggregation group (LAG) has stopped receiving and transmitting data to and from the LAG on a first data link between a computing device and a core network device while a second network interconnect device is receiving and transmitting data to and from the LAG on a second data link, wherein the first change in state is detected through monitoring when both:
link LAG entities corresponding to a second server-side interconnect port and a plurality of second core network side interconnect ports on the second network interconnect device are collecting or distributing link access control protocol (LACP) frames, the second server-side interconnect port linked to a second network interface card (NIC) port of the computing device by a second cable, and
link LAG entities corresponding to a first server-side interconnect port and a plurality of first core network side interconnect ports on the first network interconnect device are not collecting or distributing link access control protocol (LACP) frames, the first server-side interconnect port linked to a first NIC port of the computing device by a first cable, the first cable being different from the second cable; and
updating firmware of the first network interconnect device in response to the first change in state.