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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Omar Cardona, Austin, TX (US);
James Brian Cunningham, Austin, TX (US);
Shouchun LI, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Omar Cardona, Austin, TX (US);
James Brian Cunningham, Austin, TX (US);
Shouchun Li, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for facilitating failover between network adapters. A failure of a first network adapter is detected in a device driver layer. In response to detecting the failure, the transmission of data is changed by the device driver layer to a second network adapter.