Design document for line card hot swapping support in SONiC. #560
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| **This feature will support the following functionality:** | ||
| 1. 1 chassis consists of swappable line cards. | ||
| 2. Every line card with the same card type, 32*100G(Different card type will be implemented in the near future.) |
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please have a clear definition of line card, what is included in the line card.
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what is the requirement of phy driver, does it requires firmware download for the phy driver.
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OK, we will define what is included in the line card.
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We update the definition of line card. For the requirement of phy driver, we can based on gearbox design to use a profile while PHY initializes. I will integrate our design with #538
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please refer to this doc. |
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| ## 3.4 DB Changes<a name="db-changes"></a> | ||
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How can I get the line-card no. from a port? Is there any table in config db or state db that indicates that? Or it should be extracted from port name?
Thanks.
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Actually, We have a new design which based on Gearbox. In the new design, we may get the line card no. from the PHY profile.
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@stephenxs Please refer the new commit b9e088a
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Design document for line card hot swapping support in SONiC.