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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a network interface card (NIC) and a computer program product for load balance. The method comprises determining, by a NIC of a network node, whether a packet obtained comprises a request to establish a network connection for a first device; in response to determining that the packet comprises a request to establish the network connection, determining whether the load balance associated with the network connection is to be applied by the NIC or a host processing device on the network node; and in response to determining that the load balance is to be applied by the NIC, applying the load balance among a set of devices using the NIC, so as to select a second device from the set of devices to establish the network connection with the first device. In this way, efficient and cost-effective load balance in the network can be achieved by means of the NIC.