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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Balkar S. Sidhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramani Krishnamurthy, Fremont, CA (US);
Kaamel Kermaani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Balkar S. Sidhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramani Krishnamurthy, Fremont, CA (US);
Kaamel Kermaani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing switch redundancy in a computer network comprises two or more separate servers that are connected together to allow the servers to operate as one complete system that may continue to operate even in the event that one server becomes unable to provide switching functions. In one exemplary embodiment, the computer network includes two or more servers and a server bridging assembly. Two or more servers are interconnected via the server bridging assembly such that, in the event that a switch located in one of the servers fails, the switch located in the other server can be used to provide switching functions for both servers. As a result, the servers are interconnected to provide redundancy.