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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Mark C. Stratton, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Sean Mcgee, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew S Reeves, Austin, TX (US);
Darda M. Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Mark C. Stratton, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Sean McGee, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew S Reeves, Austin, TX (US);
Darda M. Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and system of distributing multicast group join requests in computer systems operating with teamed communication ports. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are computer-readable media storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to intercept multicast group join requests sent from a network layer program executed by the processor, and distribute the multicast join requests across a plurality of communication ports operating as a single virtual port.