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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Colin R. Devilbiss, Rochester, MN (US);
Charles S. Graham, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy J. Schimke, Stewartville, MN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for providing Ethernet link aggregation over physical ports shared by logically independent entities. An aggregation manager receives a frame at a first logical port that receives frames targeted to at least a second logical port. A client operating system receives the frame at the second logical port. The aggregation manager determines whether the second logical port received the frame. Upon determining that the second logical port did not receive the frame, the aggregation manager forwards the frame to the client OS via a sideband interface associated with the client OS.