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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Nir Ben-zvi, Redmond, WA (US);
Sean B. House, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph Joy, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and methods for carrying out point-to-point intracluster communications between hosts is provided. The disclosed system enables communication protocol layer components of hosts within a cluster to continue to operate in a cluster mode while facilitating such point-to-point communications. Initially, address discovery provides the non-cluster mode address for a target host. Thereafter, an initiating/source host issues a message including the non-cluster mode address of the target host. A network load balancing layer, or any other suitable component within the target host, intercepts the message and substitutes a cluster address for the non-cluster mode address within the message destination field before the message is presented to the communication protocol layer of the target host.