Patent ID: 9019967
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information handling system comprising: one or more processors operable to process information; memory interfaced with the one or more processors and operable to store the information; one or more network interface cards interfaced with the processor and operable to communicate with one or more networks; an operating system stored in the memory and operable to execute on the one or more processors; a virtual local area network (VLAN) driver stored in memory and associated with the operating system, the VLAN driver operable to perform management functions for one or VLANs for communication with the one or more networks through the one or more network interface cards; a VLAN advertiser interfaced with the VLAN driver, the VLAN driver operable to detect one or more of the management functions and in response to send a gratuitous address resolution protocol frame from one or more of the network interface cards, the gratuitous address resolution protocol frame having a VLAN identifier and a function identifier for the detected one or more of the management functions; and an I/O module interfaced with one or more of the network interface cards, the I/O module having a VLAN table and applying the gratuitous address resolution protocol frame to update the VLAN table; wherein the I/O module updates the VLAN table with a MAC address, VLAN ID and port number of the gratuitous address resolution protocol frame.