US 11,729,045 B2
Aggregated networking device failover system
Kannan Karuppiah, Fremont, CA (US); and Udhaya Chandran Shanmugam, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,664.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321398 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 41/0654 (2022.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0654 (2013.01) [H04L 61/50 (2022.05); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aggregated networking device failover system, comprising:
a first aggregated networking device;
a second aggregated networking device that is aggregated with the first aggregated networking device; and
an aggregation connected device that is coupled to the first aggregated networking device and the second aggregated networking device, wherein the aggregation connected device is configured to:
receive, from the first aggregated networking device, a first aggregation communication that identifies:
a first Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first aggregated networking device as an actor MAC address; and
a second MAC address of the second aggregated networking device as an alternate actor MAC address, wherein the second MAC address is different than the first MAC address;
associate the first MAC address and the second MAC address with an aggregated link to the first aggregated networking device and the second aggregated networking device; and
receive, from the second aggregated networking device subsequent to associating the first MAC address and the second MAC address with the aggregated link, a second aggregation communication that identifies the second MAC address as an actor MAC address, wherein the aggregated link remains available in response to the second MAC address that is identified as the actor MAC address being associated with the aggregated link.