Patent ID: 8982692
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of link failure handling, the method comprising: detecting a failure in a first network connection between a first network switching unit and a second network switching unit, the first network connection being associated with a first communication port of the first network switching unit; suspending the first communication port from a link aggregation group (LAG), the first communication port being associated with the LAG; and associating one or more first inter-chassis link (ICL) ports with the LAG by adding the one or more first ICL ports to an entry corresponding to the LAG in a LAG hashing table of the first network switching unit, the first ICL ports being associated with a first ICL coupling the first network switching unit to a third network switching unit; wherein the first network switching unit and the third network switching unit are peers.