High availability input/output management nodes
US10868754B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0806
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein are enhancements for operating an input/output (I/O) management cluster with end I/O devices. In one implementation, a method of operating an I/O cluster includes, in a first I/O management node of the I/O management cluster, executing a first application to manage data for an I/O device communicatively coupled via at least one switch to the first I/O management node. The method further provides identifying a failure in the first I/O management node related to processing the data for the I/O device and, in response to the failure, configuring the at least one switch to communicate the data for the I/O device with a second I/O management node of the I/O management cluster. The method also includes, in the second I/O management node and after configuring the at least one switch, executing a second application to manage the data for the I/O device.
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