Patent ID: 8848712

Claim:
A device provided in a network, comprising: a first chassis, where the first chassis includes a first plurality of line cards and a first resource reservation protocol (RSVP) stack associated with network traffic carried by the first plurality of line cards, and a second chassis, where the second chassis includes a second plurality of line cards and a second RSVP stack associated with network traffic carried by the second plurality of line cards, where: the first chassis further includes: a proxy module, where the proxy module is to: receive a first RSVP message; determine whether the first RSVP message corresponds to a node-oriented RSVP message or an interface-oriented RSVP message; and pass the first RSVP message to the second RSVP stack when a determination is made that the first RSVP message is the interface-oriented RSVP message, the first RSVP message including a path reservation message that includes information indicative of a reservation of a path in the network; and process the first RSVP message when it is determined that the first RSVP message is the node-oriented RSVP message.