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Methods and apparatus for assigning a physical adapter to a virtual adapter

  • US 8,683,022 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2007
  • Issued: 03/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of assigning a physical adapter local to a computer to a virtual adapter in the computer through which the virtual adapter may receive and transmit data, comprising:

  • providing a system including a plurality of computers coupled via a network, wherein a first computer of the plurality of computers includes a plurality of physical adapters and at least one virtual adapter;

    for each virtual adapter in the first computer, assigning a rank to each physical adapter in the first computer; and

    based on the ranks, testing one or more of the physical adapters in the first computer for connectivity to a physical adapter in a second computer with which a first virtual adapter is likely to communicate.

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