Supplemental Connection Fabric For Chassis-Based Network Device

A system may receive, by a switching component of the system, network traffic to be provided to an I/O component of the network device. The system may route, by the switching component, the network traffic to the I/O component based on whether the I/O component is connected to the switching component via the first connections and/or via second connections. The first connections may be connections via a chassis of the system. The second connections may be connections via a connector component that is removable from the switching component. The network traffic may be routed via the first connections and the second connections when the I/O component is connected via the first connections and the second connections. The network traffic may be routed via the first connections and not via the second connections when the I/O component is connected via the first connections and not via the second connections. 种系统可以通过该系统的交换组件而接收将要提供至网络设备的I/O组件的网络业务。该系统可以通过该交换组件基于该I/O组件是否经由第连接和/或经由第二连接而连接至该交换组件来将该网络业务路由至该I/O组件。该第连接可以是经