Patent ID: 6963932
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system to facilitate data transfer between a server and a client, comprising: at least one server network to communicate data; at least two Virtual Network Interface Cards (VNICs) to communicate the data from the server network to the Infiniband architecture; a client network to communicate data via an Ethernet architecture; at least two bridging devices to convert packets useable in the Infiniband architecture to packets useable in the Ethernet architecture, wherein a first one of the at least two bridging devices transfers the data with a first one of the at least two VNICs and at least one intermediate driver, coupled to the at least one server network and the at least two VNICs to receive an error message that the first of the at least two bridging devices is not working, wherein the at least one intermediate driver provides a fail-over function to maintain a connection between the server network and the client network.