US 12,003,430 B2
Systems and methods for control and management of shared logical ports on a network processor
Ravil Baizhiyenov, Burnaby (CA); Adam Sweeney, San Jose, CA (US); John Nelson, San Jose, CA (US); Daniel Cunningham, San Jose, CA (US); and Kewei Shi, Burnaby (CA)
Assigned to Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,345.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,689, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0109642 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 49/45 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 49/45 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a network device, comprising:
operating the network device having a plurality of physical ports, wherein the plurality of physical ports are allocated to one or more of a plurality of logical ports according to a first allocation;
detecting that a new physical port has been added to the network device;
in response to detecting that the new physical port has been added to the network device, disabling the new physical port;
preventing allocation of any disabled physical ports;
keeping the new physical port in a disabled state until an indication from a user to enable the new physical port is received;
in response to receiving the indication from the user, enabling the new physical port and allocating the enabled new physical port to the one or more of the plurality of logical ports.