Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Full server-level redundancy using a single network interface controller(NIC) and a single NIC card
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Application No.: US16208423Application Date: 2018-12-03
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Publication No.: US10757041B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Terrel Morris
- Applicant: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Main IPC: H04J3/14
- IPC: H04J3/14 ; H04L12/939 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/50 ; H04L12/707

Abstract:
Systems and methods for providing full redundancy in a computing network using a single network interface controller (NIC) and a single NIC card within one or more computing devices (e.g., servers) are provided. Embodiments of the technology disclosed herein provide a NIC card with a processing device (e.g., a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)) having a first set of input pins associated with a primary network switch and a second set of input pins associated with a standby network switch. When a failure occurs on the primary network switch, the processing device of the NIC card is configured to perform a circuit switch action to switch the connection between a processing device output from the first set of input pins to the second set of input pins. Accordingly, the same NIC is capable of controlling the network interface of a computing device between to different network switches.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200177525A1 FULL SERVER-LEVEL REDUNDANCY USING A SINGLE NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER(NIC) AND A SINGLE NIC CARD Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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