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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Chao Feng, San Jose, CA (US);
Nitesh G. Soni, San Jose, CA (US);
Pramod Cherukumilli, Belmont, CA (US);
Diheng Qu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Suresh Kumar Nalluru, San Jose, CA (US);
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
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.