Patent ID: 9736234
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for routing communications in a computer network, the method comprising: receiving a selection to provision a master network appliance on the computer network at management console service at the master network appliance, identifying that communications can be sent over a backplane at a first network appliance to at least one other network appliance, wherein the backplane is a low latency network communication link between the first network appliance and the at least one other network appliance that provides a dedicated bandwidth for communications between the first network appliance and the at least one other network appliance; identifying an internet protocol address of the at least one other network appliance, wherein the at least one other network appliance is a slave network appliance to the master network appliance; and provisioning configuration data to the slave network appliance by the master network appliance, wherein: