Wireless control and fabric links for high-availability cluster nodes
AssigneeJuniper Networks, Inc.
InventorsAshok Babu VASTHOLIL, Vinayaraju B, Sasikumar SEKAR
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Abstract
A first network device in a high-availability cluster may configure a first wireless channel for a wireless control link. The first network device may establish, using the first wireless channel, the wireless control link with a second network device in the high-availability cluster. The first network device may configure a second wireless channel for a wireless fabric link. The first network device may establish, using the second wireless channel, the wireless fabric link with the second network device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a first network device, a first wireless link with a second network device,
- wherein the first network device and the second network device are in a cluster of three or more network devices;
- communicating, by the first network device and via the first wireless link, control traffic to form at least one of:
- a unified control plane based on synchronizing a configuration and kernel state of control planes of the three or more network devices in the cluster, or
- a unified routing engine for the cluster based on synchronizing a configuration and kernel state of routing engines of the three or more network devices in the cluster;
- and
- establishing, by the first network device, a second wireless link with the second network device,
- wherein the second wireless link is used to forward network traffic.
A first network device, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, to:
- establish a first wireless link with a second network device,
- wherein the first network device and the second network device are in a cluster of three or more network devices;
- communicate, via the first wireless link, control traffic to form at least one of:
- a unified control plane based on synchronizing a configuration and kernel state of control planes of the three or more network devices in the cluster, or
- a unified routing engine for the cluster based on synchronizing a configuration and kernel state of routing engines of the three or more network devices in the cluster;
- and
- establish a second wireless link with the second network device,
- wherein the second wireless link is used to forward network traffic.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first network device, cause the first network device to:
- establish a first wireless link with a second network device,
- wherein the first network device and the second network device are in a cluster of three or more network devices;
- communicate, via the first wireless link, control traffic to form at least one of:
- a unified control plane based on synchronizing a configuration and kernel state of control planes of the three or more network devices in the cluster, or
- a unified routing engine for the cluster based on synchronizing a configuration and kernel state of routing engines of the three or more network devices in the cluster;
- and
- establish a second wireless link with the second network device,
- wherein the second wireless link is used to forward network traffic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.