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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Graf, Fehraltorf, CH;
Jiri Pirko, Chocen, CZ;
Assignee:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); Y02B 60/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computing device identifies a plurality of network interface controllers (NICs) that are available for link aggregation. The computing device probes a network using a plurality of protocols to detect a topology of at least one network to which the plurality of NICs are connected. The computing device automatically establishes a link aggregation configuration including one or more of the plurality of NICs based on the determined network topology.