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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2023
Applicant:

Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Raja Kommula, Cupertino, CA (US);

Thayumanavan Sridhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 49/201 (2022.01); H04L 49/25 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 12/462 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 49/203 (2013.01); H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05);
Abstract

An example system including a first top-of-rack (ToR) switch, and a second ToR switch, the second ToR switch is to receive a network packet from a first host, the network packet to include a destination address of a second host, and after a failure of a physical network interface card (pNIC) at the second host eliminates a first link between the second host and the second ToR switch, send the network packet to the first ToR switch via an inter-switch link between the first and second ToR switches to cause the first ToR switch to forward the network packet to the second host via a second link between the first ToR switch and the second host.


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