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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Sorin Faibish, Newton, MA (US);
Xiaoye Jiang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Dennis Ting, Groton, MA (US);
Yehoshoua Sasson, Newton, MA (US);
Arthur O. Harris, Framingham, MA (US);
Sorin Faibish, Newton, MA (US);
Xiaoye Jiang, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Dennis Ting, Groton, MA (US);
Yehoshoua Sasson, Newton, MA (US);
Arthur O. Harris, Framingham, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Network servers in a cluster share the same network protocol address for incoming client requests, and in a data link layer protocol a reply of a client to a request from a server is returned to this same server. For example: (1) ports of the servers are clustered into one single network channel used for incoming and outgoing requests to and from the servers; or (2) ports of the servers are clustered into one single network channel used for incoming requests to the servers and a separate port of each of the servers is used for outgoing requests from each of the servers; or (3) logical ports of the servers are clustered into one network channel used for requests to the servers and a separate logical port of each of the servers is used for outgoing requests from each of the servers.