Hitless software upgrades

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8448162
APP PUB NO 20090279549A1
SERIAL NO

11646845

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Disclosed is a technique for facilitating software upgrade for a switching system comprising a first management processor and a second management processor and a set of one or more line processors, the techniques comprising receiving a signal to perform a software upgrade for a line processor from the set of line processors, and performing a software upgrade for the line processor without substantially affecting packet switching performed by the switching system.

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  • FOUNDRY NETWORKS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ho, Anthony Fremont, US 22 531
Kao, Shao-Kong San Ramon, US 2 148
Ramanathan, Rajiv Cupertino, US 25 1050
Rugge, Rudramahesh Sunnyvale, US 5 161
Talmor, Ron San Jose, US 29 535

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