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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Richard A. Howes, Roswell, GA (US);
Edward C. Kersey, Athens, GA (US);
Cisco Technology, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for assigning an incoming connection to a server. The method includes defining a client specific virtual machine object instance that is associated with a designated client IP address. An incoming packet is received that is associated with a new connection. The incoming packet has a packet source IP address, a packet source port number, a packet destination IP address, and a packet destination port number. A client specific virtual machine object instance is selected that is associated with the designated client IP address when the packet source IP address matches the designated client IP address. The packet destination IP address is translated to a physical machine IP address that is designated by the client specific virtual machine instance when the packet source IP address matches the designated client IP address so that the client specific virtual machine instance is selected when the designated client IP address matches the packet source IP address and the packet is routed to the physical machine that is designated by the client specific virtual machine instance.