The application discloses a
network security device N+1 cluster hot
backup system and method based on a
chain type physical
cascade, which comprises N main devices and at least one public
backup machine, and each device is connected into a
daisy chain topology through a special
cascade interface. Each device is internally integrated with an
encryption module and a physical switching matrix composed of multiple mechanical latching type optical switches. The
system defines three
modes of service
processing, fault source bypass and transparent
relay: when a device suddenly fails or is powered off, the
optical switch automatically maintains the redirected
optical path by relying on the mechanical latching characteristics, and physically bypasses the local port traffic to the
cascade channel; after detecting the cascade
signal, the downstream normal node directly establishes a straight-through transparent
optical path by using the internal
optical switch matrix, so that the fault traffic is relayed at the
physical layer. The application realizes "
physical layer complete unloading" of fault traffic, realizes zero computing
power consumption for intermediate nodes, has a forwarding
delay of less than 1 mu s, effectively eliminates the performance avalanche problem of a high computing power cluster, and has
high availability of power failure self-healing.