公开(公告)号：CA2675644A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-07

申请号：CA2675644

申请日：2008-01-17

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： WHITNEY DAVID ,  SMITH RONALD SR ,  DHONDY NOSHIR ,  DAHLEN DENNIS ,  WIERBOWSKI JUDITH ,  CRABTREE DONALD ,  CARLSON SCOTT ,  ELKO DAVID ,  SEVIGNY DENISE

IPC: H04J3/06

Abstract: Recoveryis provided in a timing network. A configuration is defined for t hat network, and in that configuration, an active primary server is identifi ed that provides a clock source for the network. Additionally, an alternate server is identified that can perform the role of the active primary server, should the active primary server fail. In response to a failure of the prim aryserver, the alternate server detects the failure and performs takeover of the primary server.