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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Joseph Accetta, McKees Roacks, PA (US);
Jeffrey Eric Semke, Allison Park, PA (US);
Jeffrey David Prem, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
NETAPP, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 61/6068 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a clustered storage system. The method assigns a network access address to a virtual network interface card (VNIC) at a first cluster node of a clustered storage system, where a physical network interface card assigned to the network access address is managed by a second cluster node of the clustered storage system; and use the VNIC by a virtual storage server at the first cluster node to communicate on behalf of the second cluster node.