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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Cynthia Gabriel, Gilroy, CA (US);
Bill Shao, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia Gabriel, Gilroy, CA (US);
Bill Shao, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/755 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/021 (2013.01); H04L 41/0246 (2013.01); H04L 41/044 (2013.01); H04L 67/1004 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network element within a data center comprises a master switch, a slave switch, and a plurality of servers in communication with the master and slave switches. The master switch may be configured to send synchronization requests to the slave switch. The slave switch may update a slave switch hash table to correspond to a master switch hash table.