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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Philip Heidelberger, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Craig Brian Stunkel, Bethel, CT (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/947 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer network architecture includes a plurality N of first nodes, each first node having kports to a cluster network, where N and kare integers greater than 0; and a local network switch connected to each of the plurality of first nodes, but not to the cluster network. Each first node has kports to the local network switch, where k, is an integer greater than 0, and any two first nodes in the plurality of first nodes communicate with each other via the local network switch or via the cluster network.