Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A method for network protection, comprising the steps of: detecting a switch indicator in a network; setting a rate limit of storm protection, which is of a first value, as a second value, the second value being higher than the first value; and performing a flush operation of a Forwarding DataBase (FDB).
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: starting a timer when the rate limit is set as the second value, wherein the rate limit is set back to the first value when the timer expires.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the timer has a duration calculated based on at least one of a number of media access control (MAC) addresses needed to be learned, MAC learning speed, and protection switch time.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: locking setting of the rate limit from being manually operated before setting the rate limit as the second value; and unlocking the setting of the rate limit after the rate limit is set back to the first value.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the network protection is an Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP) or Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) protection.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the switch indicator is one of a link failure indicator, a node failure indicator, an Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) indicator, an operator command, and a recovery event.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second value is in a range of 50%-90%.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions to facilitate network protection in a network equipment that are executable by a computing device to carry out operations, the operations comprising: detecting a switch indicator in a network; setting a rate limit of storm protection, which is of a first value, as a second value, the second value being higher than the first value; and performing a flush operation of a Forwarding DataBase (FDB).
9. An apparatus for network protection, comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect a switch indicator in a network; a setting unit configured to set a rate limit of storm protection, which is of a first value, as a second value, the second value being higher than the first value; and a flushing unit configured to perform a flush operation of a Forwarding DataBase (FDB).
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising a timer configured to start when the rate limit is set as the second value, wherein the setting unit is further configured to set the rate limit back to the first value when the timer expires.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the timer has a duration calculated based on at least one of a number of media access control (MAC) addresses needed to be learned, MAC learning speed, and protection switch time.
12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the apparatus further comprising: a locking unit configured to lock setting of the rate limit from being manually operated before setting the rate limit as the second value; and an unlocking unit configured to unlock the setting of the rate limit after the rate limit is setback to the first value.
13. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the network protection is an Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP) or Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) protection.
14. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the switch indicator is one of a link failure indicator, a node failure indicator, an Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) indicator, an operator command, and a recovery event.
15. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the second value is in a range of 50%-90%.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising: starting a timer when the rate limit is set as the second value, wherein the rate limit is set back to the first value when the timer expires.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the timer has a duration calculated based on at least one of a number of media access control (MAC) addresses needed to be learned, MAC learning speed, and protection switch time.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising: locking setting of the rate limit from being manually operated before setting the rate limit as the second value; and unlocking the setting of the rate limit after the rate limit is set back to the first value.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the network protection is an Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP) or Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) protection.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the switch indicator is one of a link failure indicator, a node failure indicator, an Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) indicator, an operator command, and a recovery event.
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February 23, 2016
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