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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2005
Mark R Enstone, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Sean Mcgee, Austin, TX (US);
Darda Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher L Hughes, Austin, TX (US);
Mark R Enstone, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Sean McGee, Austin, TX (US);
Darda Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher L Hughes, Austin, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer system teams its network resources by apportioning each of the resources into one of two or more groups. One or more resources make up each of the groups having a link operative to be coupled together as a port trunk to a different one of two or more coupling devices providing connectivity between the system and a network. A unique layer2 address is assigned to each one of the groups. The one or more resources of each group are programmed to receive on their group's assigned layer2 address. A response is generated to a communication request received from the network. The responses specify one of the assigned layer2 addresses.