发明授权
- 专利标题: Network switch load balancing
- 专利标题(中): 网络交换机负载均衡
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申请号: US09323676申请日: 1999-06-01
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公开(公告)号: US06788692B1公开(公告)日: 2004-09-07
- 发明人: Daniel Boudreau , J. Martin Borden , James A. Philippou , Shawn Mamros , Kerry M. Hannigan , John T. O'Hara , Bernard Farrell
- 申请人: Daniel Boudreau , J. Martin Borden , James A. Philippou , Shawn Mamros , Kerry M. Hannigan , John T. O'Hara , Bernard Farrell
- 主分类号: H04L1226
- IPC分类号: H04L1226
摘要:
The present invention is a method and apparatus to balance load in a cluster of switches in a network. The switches include a local switch and one or more remote switches. Messages containing load information of the switches are exchanged among the switches. One of the switches is selected to respond to a connection request to the local switch based on a metric.
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