Patent ID: 7710862
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: teaming a plurality of communication ports by a processor in a computer system to appear as a single virtual port to an application program, each communication port transmits message packets with any of a number M possible media access control (MAC) addresses, wherein the plurality of communication ports numbers greater than M, and wherein M is greater than one; assigning a set of size M of MAC addresses by the processor, the MAC addresses assigned to each of the plurality of communication ports such that each MAC address appears in the set for a communication port for which the MAC address is a primary address, and such that each MAC address appears in M−1 other sets for other communication ports; and receiving a message packet from a client device across a network, the message packet directed to a primary MAC address of the first of the plurality communication ports.