Patent ID: 9083565
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communication between different components, comprising: integrating a network forwarding component (NFC) and multiple independent application components (IACs) into a network device, the NFC being a main body of the network device with slots capable of accepting additional cards, each independent application component (IAC) being a single board or a mezzanine card inserted into a slot in the network device, wherein the IACs are backup IACs of each other and configured with a shared virtual Internet protocol (IP) address; receiving, by the NFC, a message from an external device; judging whether a destination IP address of the message is identical with the shared virtual IP address the IACs; and sending the message to a master IAC of the IACs if the destination IP address is identical with the shared virtual IP address of the IACs, comprising: