Patent ID: 8891359
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for selective link aggregation in a virtualized data processing environment, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving at a switch, a first data packet; determining a first identifier associated with the first data packet, the first identifier corresponding to a first logical partition in a logical partitioned data processing system, wherein the logical partitioned data processing system includes a second logical partition, wherein the first logical partition and the second logical partition share a physical input/output adapter (PIOA), wherein a first port in the PIOA operates by participating in the link aggregation channel for the first logical partition and the first port in the PIOA operates without participating in any link aggregation channel and as a non-aggregated communication link for the second logical partition; performing a lookup in a data structure to determine a set of ports associated with the first identifier; retrieving from the data structure the set of ports, the set of ports including the first port; selecting the first port from the set of ports; and transmitting the first data packet from the first port to the first logical partition.