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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mel Mehrdad Bakhshi, Markham, CA;
Philip Kunsik Cho, Scarborough, CA;
Vinit Jain, Austin, TX (US);
Mladen Kovacevic, Toronto, CA;
Pandu Ranga Rao Mutyala, Markham, CA;
David Ross Willoughby, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04L 12/467 (2013.01); H04L 69/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network adapter has a first and second virtual local area network ('VLAN') device configured on each of first and second physical ports of the network adapter. The second VLAN devices are configured as a logically bonded, virtual device.