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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Michael S. Mcgee, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael S. Mcintyre, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory T. Howard, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mark R. Enstone, Austin, TX (US);
Mark C. Stratton, Georgetown, TX (US);
Michael S. McGee, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael S. McIntyre, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory T. Howard, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mark R. Enstone, Austin, TX (US);
Mark C. Stratton, Georgetown, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A network controller system comprising a plurality of network ports and a driver system that operates the plurality of network ports. The driver system determines which of the network ports can be combined together to form a team. Each network port in the team is associated with a different network interface card (NIC). The NICs are associated with a common network address to be used by external network logic.