发明授权
- 专利标题: Method and apparatus for server load balancing
- 专利标题(中): 服务器负载均衡的方法和装置
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申请号: US09761281申请日: 2001-01-16
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公开(公告)号: US06980550B1公开(公告)日: 2005-12-27
- 发明人: Michael Yip , Desikan Saravanan , Arthur Lin , Edward Joel Rovner , Tash Hepting , Paul Anderson , Brian Bailey
- 申请人: Michael Yip , Desikan Saravanan , Arthur Lin , Edward Joel Rovner , Tash Hepting , Paul Anderson , Brian Bailey
- 申请人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 专利权人: Extreme Networks, Inc
- 当前专利权人: Extreme Networks, Inc
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Santa Clara
- 代理机构: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman, LLP
- 主分类号: H04L12/28
- IPC分类号: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/56 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L29/12
摘要:
A method for forwarding data packets to one of a plurality of servers comprising receiving a data packet from a source, at a data packet forwarding device having a plurality of ports, performing a hashing function using a unique component of the data packet as a seed value for the hash, generating a hash value using the hashing function, looking up a table for an address of one of the plurality of servers using the hashed value as an index to the table, and forwarding the data packet to a server corresponding to the address.
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