Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing
Reexamination Certificate
2004-01-06
2008-11-18
Etienne, Ario (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
C709S225000, C709S226000, C709S227000, C718S104000, C718S105000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07454489
ABSTRACT:
A cluster system and method accesses from an internet network, a network server within one or a plurality of clusters, each cluster being identified by a single cluster public Internet Protocol (IP) address. The cluster system has a plurality of network servers organized in one of a plurality of clusters and a network load balancer system for selecting a destination network server in a cluster. Each cluster has one or a plurality of identical network servers, the network load balancer system being connected on one hand to an access routing device and on another hand to the plurality of network servers through a private network server subnet. The method includes the steps of at initialization time, on each network server defining, as a non-advertising alias, in an interface table, the public IP address of each cluster to which the network server belongs, and upon reception, by the network load balancing system, of a datagram having an IP header including a destination IP address field and a medium access control (MAC) header including a destination MAC address field, selecting a destination network server within the cluster corresponding to the cluster public IP address identified in the destination IP address field of the datagram IP header, replacing the destination medium access control (MAC) address field of the datagram MAC header by the MAC address of the selected destination network server, and sending the datagram through the private network server subnet, using the MAC address of the selected destination network server. Upon reception, by the destination network server, of the datagram sent by the network load balancing system, the MAC address in the destination MAC address field of the datagram MAC header is identified as being the MAC address of the selected destination network server, and the IP datagram is processed if the identified cluster public IP address in the destination IP address field of the datagram IP header, is defined as a non-advertising alias in the interface table of the destination network server.
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Chauffour Pascal
Gerosa Paolo
Lebrun Eric
Mahe Valerie
Etienne Ario
Hamza Faruk
Hoffman Warnick LLC
International Business Machines - Corporation
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