Patent ID: 9298566
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A high availability cluster for automatic cluster-based failover handling performed exclusively by a first port connectivity control module (PCCM) and a second PCCM, the high availability cluster comprising: a first node having a number of first-node ports communicatively coupled to a host computing device via a connectivity layer and the first PCCM, the number of first-node ports including a first port that is active and associated with a first port address, the first node being a computing device and having a processor or circuitry to: a second node communicatively coupled to the first node, the second node having a number of second-node ports communicatively coupled to the host computing device via the connectivity layer and the second PCCM of the second node, the number of second-node ports including a second port that is inactive, the second node being a computing device and having a processor or circuitry to: