Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Mark Richard Enstone

Michael Sean McGee

Mark Christopher Stratton

Christopher L Hughes

Gregory Thomas Howard

Charles L Hudson

Robert Teisberg

Darda Chang

Gaines C Teague

James Randall Walker

David Kasperson

Michael Sean McIntyre

James Anthony Cureington

Dennis G Delahoussaye

Systems and methods for distributed configuration of one or more network interface cards (NICs) are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises issuing a request frame including at least a current configuration generation for the NICs from a host computing device to a network device. The method also comprises returning at least one configuration frame including a newer network configuration for the NICs from the network device to the host computing device. The method also comprises configuring the NICs at the host computing device with the newer network configuration.

Distributed configuration of network interface cards

A plurality of peer network devices are configured to load-balance data transmitted between them on a point-by-point basis. Each peer device has a team of network resources coupling it to a local area network. A peer device transmitting data to one of the other peer devices load-balances the data over the team of resources of the receiving one of the peer devices. Each peer device multicasts to the other peer devices a data frame from that includes peer data defining attributes of the team of the multicasting peer device. The multicast data frame is updated with new peer data whenever one or more of the attributes of the team of the multicasting peer device are changed.

Automated configuration of point-to-point load balancing between teamed network resources of peer devices

Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with making an automated immune response on a computer that may be infected with a malicious software like a virus are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a behavior logic that faciltates identifying that a computer is exibiting a behavior that indicates that the computer may be infected by a malicious software. The exemplary system embodiment may also include an immune response logic that is configured to facilitate identifying a process and/or program related to the behavior. The immune response logic may be configured to automatically make an immune response with respect to the process and/or program.

Automated immune response for a computer

A computer system teams its network resources by apportioning each of the resources into one of two or more groups. One or more resources make up each of the groups having a link operative to be coupled together as a port trunk to a different one of two or more coupling devices providing connectivity between the system and a network. A unique layer2 address is assigned to each one of the groups. The one or more resources of each group are programmed to receive on their group's assigned layer2 address. A response is generated to a communication request received from the network. The responses specify one of the assigned layer2 addresses.

Network resource teaming providing resource redundancy and transmit/receive load-balancing through a plurality of redundant port trunks

A computer system teams its network resources by apportioning each of the one or more network resources into one of two or more groups. The resources of each of the groups have links that are operative to be coupled in parallel to a different one of two or more network devices that provide connectivity to a network. One of the two or more groups is selected to be a primary group. A team layer2 address is assigned to one of the resources apportioned to the selected group. Each of the resources of the selected group is enabled to receive on the team layer2 address. The network device to which the selected group is coupled is enabled to load balance data received from the network among the resources of the selected group. Data transmitted from the system to the network is load-balanced over all of the resources independent of the group to which they belong.

Network resource teaming combining receive load-balancing with redundant network connections

Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with network load balancing are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a load balancing logic configured to cause different portions of network traffic to be transmitted from a transmitting node to different network adapters in a receiving node to cause the network traffic to be receive load balanced.

Receive load balancing on multiple network adapters

Systems and methods or implementing priority failover determination are disclosed. An exemplary method includes prioritizing ranking criteria for plurality of network adapter ports based at least in part on user input. The method also includes determining a ranking value for each of the plurality of network adapter ports based on the prioritized ranking criteria. The method further includes designating a primary adapter port and at least a secondary network adapter port based on the ranking value for each of the plurality of network adapter ports.

Systems and methods of priority failover determination

A network controller system comprising a plurality of network ports and a driver system that operates the plurality of network ports. The driver system determines which of the network ports can be combined together to form a team. Each network port in the team is associated with a different network interface card (NIC). The NICs are associated with a common network address to be used by external network logic.

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Mark Richard Enstone