Failover in a host concurrently supporting multiple virtual IP addresses across multiple adapters
US7913106B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A host enables any adapter of multiple adapters of the host to concurrently support any VIPA of the multiple VIPAs assigned to the host. Responsive to a failure of at least one particular adapter from among the multiple adapters, the host triggers the remaining, functioning adapters to broadcast a separate hardware address update for each VIPA over the network, such that for a failover in the host supporting the multiple VIPAs the host directs at least one other host accessible via the network to address any new packets for the multiple VIPAs to one of the separate hardware addresses of one of the remaining adapters.
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