Adaptec, Inc.

Faisal Latif

Jim J Kuhfeld

Suleman Saya

Pramod Sharma

Disclosed is a process for driving a network interface card. The process includes monitoring the status of a plurality of ports connected between a computer and a network. Detecting a failure in one of the plurality of ports connected to the network. Re-assigning data transmitted over the failed one of the plurality of ports to an active port of the plurality of portsselected in a round robin technique. The process further including receiving data over one of the plurality of ports designated as a primary receiving port. Preferably, when the failed one of the plurality of ports is the primary receiving port, the receiving tasks are assigned to a next active portselected in a round robin technique.

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Faisal Latif