Patent ID: 9606879
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A multi-partition networking device comprising at least one primary partition running on a first set of hardware resources and at least one secondary partition running on at least one further set of hardware resources; wherein the multi-partition networking device is arranged to: operate in a first operating state, whereby the first set of hardware resources are in an active state and the primary partition is arranged to process network traffic and the at least one further set of hardware resources are in a standby state; transition to a second operating state upon detection of a suspicious condition within the primary partition, whereby the at least one further set of hardware resources are transitioned from a standby state to an active state; transition to a third operating state upon detection of a failure condition within the primary partition, whereby processing of network traffic is transferred to the secondary partition; and the multi-partition networking device further comprising;