Patent ID: 7835291

Claim:
A method implemented by a network device, the method comprising: monitoring, via a processor associated with the network device, a link aggregation group (LAG) link, that is active, to produce monitoring results; determining, via the processor, that a disabled timer condition is present in the LAG link, where the disabled timer condition includes the monitoring results being outside of a particular range of values; enabling, via the processor and in response to determining that the disabled timer condition is present in the LAG link, a disabled timer state for the LAG link; preventing, via the processor and in response to enabling the disabled timer state for the LAG link, transmission of network data received from another network device, for a particular period of time; determining, via the processor in response to enabling the disabled timer state for the LAG link, that a disabled condition is present in the LAG link in the disabled timer state; enabling, via the processor, a disabled state for the LAG link when the disabled condition is present for the LAG link in the disabled timer state; determining, via the processor, whether there are active links in the LAG; and in response to determining that there are no active links in the LAG, re-activating, via the processor and during the particular period of time, the LAG link to end the disabled timer state and the disabled state.