Patent ID: 9577871
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method of interface registration for a network device to join in a cluster system, wherein the cluster system comprises a cluster main device, a cluster main control board on the cluster main device, the method comprising: when the network device joins in the cluster system, sending by a local interconnection board of the network device a board number of the local interconnection board to a local main control board of the network device; receiving, by a local non-interconnection board of the network device, the board number of the local interconnection board sent by the local main control board of the network device, wherein the local interconnection board is a line card on which interfaces for interconnecting the network device to network devices in the cluster system are located; after the cluster interface registration of the local non-interconnection board and local interconnection board on the cluster main control board, receiving and storing, by the local non-interconnection board and local interconnection board, a mapping relationship between local interface information of the network device and global interface information of the network device sent by the cluster main control board, wherein the local interface information of the network device comprises local interface information of all local line cards of the network device.