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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Cedell A. Alexander, Durham, NC (US);
J. Kevin Frick, Raleigh, NC (US);
Edward J. Rovner, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Matthew B. Squire, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for providing redundancy to an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) emulated local-area network (LAN) is disclosed. The ATM emulated LAN is served by a primary LAN Emulation Server, a Broadcast and Unknown Server (LES/BUS), and a LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS). A backup LES/BUS is coupled to the ATM emulated LAN. A logical redundancy virtual channel connection (VCC) is then established between the primary LES/BUS and the backup LES/BUS. When the redundancy VCC is present between the primary LES/BUS and the backup LES/BUS, the backup LES/BUS is placed in a dormant mode. However, when the redundancy VCC is absence between the primary LES/BUS and the backup LES/BUS, the backup LES/BUS is activated to serve any request generated by the ATM emulated LAN.