Patent ID: 9268656
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A network appliance comprising: a memory; a processor, wherein the processor executing instructions out of memory determines that the network appliance is designated as a primary load balancer; a first communication interface, wherein the first communication interface is dedicated to receiving communications from and transmitting communications to one or more other network appliances, the first communication interface receives configuration information, the configuration information received by the network appliance corresponds to a common configuration shared by the network appliance and the one or more other network appliances, and the first communication interface transmits status information to the one or more other network appliances and receives status information from the one or more other network appliances; a second communication interface; and a third communication interface, wherein a message is transmitted over the first communication indicating that a failure has been detected by the network appliance and includes a resignation message that is transmitted to the one or more other network appliances, wherein the resignation message indicates that the network appliance resigns as the primary load balancer.