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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Naveen Bali, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
Naveen Bali, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for building a failover-enabled communications systems is provided. The method comprises clustering a plurality of Fiber Channel (FC) node devices to form a failover cluster. A primary link is established between a first FC node device in the failover cluster and a FC node device outside the failover cluster. In the event of failure of the primary link, a backup link is established between the FC node device outside the failover cluster and a second FC node device in the failover cluster.