Synchronizing primary and secondary fabric managers in a switch fabric

Abstract

The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to interconnecting components within computing and network devices. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: sending a message from a primary fabric manager to an initiating secondary fabric manager in a switch fabric; obtaining, at the secondary fabric manager and in response to the message, an initial fabric topology; and synchronizing fabric management information between the primary fabric manager and the secondary fabric manager. The synchronizing may include synchronizing multicast information and peer-to-peer connections information and may include sending incremental update messages. Additionally, the technique may include detecting failure of the primary fabric manager based on receipt of heartbeat messages and a timeout period determined according to a diameter of the switch fabric, a per-link message delay and a path-repair delay.

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