Marvell International Limited

Michael Karl

Joachim Schmalz

Manfred Kunz

Thomas Ruf

In a method for waking up a computer, a data unit is received at a first port of a network switching device via a first network link. The first port of the network switching device is coupled to the first network link. The network switching device is used to determine whether the data unit includes data indicative of a wake-up event for the computer, and to change a state of a second network link to wake up the computer if the data unit includes data indicative of the wake-up event for the computer. The second network link is coupled to a second port of the network switching device.

Methods and apparatus for remotely waking up a computer system on a computer network

A method for waking up a computer. The method includes receiving a data unit via a first network link. The method further includes determining whether the received data unit includes data indicative of a wake-up event for the computer. The method further includes waking up the computer via a second network link if the data unit includes data indicative of a wake-up event for the computer.

A network device includes a first plurality of ports and a first plurality of communication links. Each port of the first plurality of ports communicates with a corresponding communication link of the first plurality of communication links. An adapter aggregates the first plurality communication links into a second plurality of aggregated links. The adaptor assigns a single media access control address to each aggregated link of the second plurality of aggregated links. A driver selects a first aggregated link of the second plurality of aggregated links as an active link based on a link quality of the first aggregated link. The driver sends and receives data over the first aggregated link using the single media access control address assigned to the first aggregated link. The driver selects a second aggregated link of the second plurality of aggregated links as the active link in response to the link quality of the first aggregated link being less than a link quality of the second aggregated link.

Switch failover for aggregated data communication links

A network device, method and computer program product for communicating data over aggregated links, wherein each of the aggregated links comprises a plurality of data communication links. The network device comprises n ports; and a processor to determine a link quality for each of m of the aggregated links, wherein m&#x2267;2, wherein each of the m aggregated links comprises a preselected plurality p of the n ports, select one of the m aggregated links based on the link quality determined for each of the m aggregated links, and send the data over the selected one of the m aggregated links.

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Karlsruhe, Germany

Michael Karl