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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
Iii Holdings 1, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Kaiyuan Huang, Ontario, CA;
Michael F. Kemp, Ontario, CA;
III HOLDINGS 1, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
In a networked multi computer environment with redundant links, network interface cards (NICs) are commonly duplicated and teamed to provide a recovery mechanism when network components fail. Embodiments of the present inventions avoid teaming of pairs of NICs and provide a computing host with redundant network connections for the computing host through a switch that is transparent to the computing host. The computing host itself; that is, its hardware and software, is relieved of the duty of network access redundancy and returned to the simple, simplex networking operating mode. The switch replaces a potentially large number of NICs and the need for computing host network access redundancy management which leads to hardware and software cost reductions and increases the robustness and reliability of the system through redundant network access.