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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
David Maciorowski, Longmont, CO (US);
Wendy Wiehardt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ted Cross, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael Young, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Maciorowski, Longmont, CO (US);
Wendy Wiehardt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ted Cross, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Redundant, fault-tolerant management fabric for multipartition servers are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method comprises connecting a plurality of rack system components to a first network segment, the connection including at least two physical links sharing a single network address. The method also comprises monitoring communications paths in the first network segment. The method also comprises switching communications from the first network segment to a failover network segment if there is a failure in any of the communications paths in the first network segment.