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Method and system for reestablishing connection information on a switch connected to plural servers in a computer network

  • US 7,363,347 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2002
  • Issued: 04/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reestablishing connection information on a switch connected to plural servers in a computer network, comprising:

  • identifying, at the switch, information to be transferred through the switch between a client and a first server;

    determining an absence of connection information on the switch used to transfer the information between the client and the first server through the switch;

    transferring the information to a victim server using a dispersal algorithm that is established at the switch through one of the plural servers, the victim server being one of the plural servers designated to handle the transfer upon determining an absence of connection information on the switch; and

    responding to the determining by reconstructing the connection information on the switch using connection information extracted from an information packet passing through the switch from at least one of the plural servers during a communication associated with the information.

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