Patent ID: 7746769

Claim:
A system for management of a redundant multi-segment pseudo-wire, comprising: an aggregated endpoint calculator that calculates a first aggregated endpoint and a second aggregated endpoint, each aggregated endpoint including two or more local endpoints, wherein at least one of the two or more local endpoints functions as a backup endpoint to establish redundancy, the two or more local endpoints having individual components; a plurality of nodes interconnected with one another and interconnected with the two or more local endpoints of each aggregated endpoint, the plurality of nodes having individual components; an overall system status indicator that indicates the overall system is up by determining that each aggregated endpoint has at least one active service access point (SAP) when a first one-directional active path exists for traffic from the first aggregated endpoint to the second aggregated endpoint and a second one-directional active path exists for traffic from the second aggregated endpoint to the first aggregated endpoint; and a plurality of individual component operational status indicators associated with the individual components, each individual component operational status indicator indicating whether the associated individual component is operating properly.