Patent ID: 8755268

Claim:
A system for communicating information, comprising: a computing node including first and second network interfaces, wherein the first network interface includes a first primary port and a first backup port, wherein the second network interface includes a second primary port and a second backup port, wherein the link aggregation is of the first primary port, the first backup port, the second primary port and the second backup port, wherein the computing node is for: communicating with a second computing node across a first network through the link aggregation, wherein the link aggregation is for rerouting a communication with the first network to occur through the first backup port in response to a malfunction in the communication through the first primary port, rerouting the communication with the second computing node across the first network to occur through the second primary port in response to a malfunction in the communication through the first backup port, and rerouting the communication with the second computing node across the first network to occur through the second backup port in response to a malfunction in the communication through the second primary port; and communicating with the second computing node across a second network in response to a malfunction in the communication through the second backup port.