Cisco Technology, Inc.

Nitesh G Soni

Samar Sharma

Chao Feng

Diheng Qu

Pramod Cherukumilli

Suresh Kumar Nalluru

Ronak K Desai

Jon Wei

Methods and apparatus for providing one-arm node clustering using a port channel are provided herein. An example application node may be communicatively connected to at least one application node, and the application node may be connected to a network through a port channel. The application node may include: a link included in the port channel for accommodating the network data being communicated between the remote client and server; and a processor configured to send/receive a cluster control packet to/from the at least one application node through the link included in the port channel.

Methods and apparatus for providing one-arm node clustering using a port channel

Methods and apparatus are provided for virtual device context (VDC) integration for network services. VDC integration for network services generally includes mapping a virtual switch, physical ports on the network switch assigned to the virtual switch, a service node and a physical port on a service node to share a common VDC associated with a configuration of the virtual switch. In this manner, the VDC concept is extended to the service node and the network may be easily managed, with a network switch and associated service nodes configured through a single processing system on the network switch or service node.

Virtual device context (VDC) integration for network services

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Nitesh G Soni