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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 2212/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an environment comprising a group of servers and at least two network devices, a link fault is detected. A data cable connects each of the servers to both network devices. An active communication path from one of the network devices to the servers is determined. In response to detecting a failure of the active communication path, a second of the network devices is indicated as the active network device. The configuration is detected by the network devices based on packets received at the network devices.