Patent ID: 9596296
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method of inter-board communication in a router cluster, wherein one router of the router cluster is a main router, the method comprising: configuring and enabling, by the main router, an IP address of an interconnection interface of the main router, and acquiring one or more IP addresses corresponding to one or more interconnection interfaces of one or more other routers in the router cluster, respectively, wherein boards of each router in the router cluster are classified as a main control board and an interface board, wherein the router cluster comprises a plurality of physically independent routers, the plurality of physically independent routers are centrally managed, the plurality of physically independent routers are operated as a single router, each router in the router cluster includes an interconnection interface for interconnecting with routers in the router cluster, the interconnection interface being provided on a board, and a communication agent module being provided on the board on which the interconnection interface is provided; configuring and enabling, by one or more other routers besides the main router, one or more IP addresses of one or more interconnection interfaces of the one or more other routers besides the main router and acquiring the IP address of the interconnection interface of the main router; and establishing, by the main router, one or more communication connections with one or more other routers in the router cluster and transmitting, by the main router and one or more other routers in the router cluster, control messages in the router cluster through communication agent modules of the main router and the one or more other routers.