Patent Document ID: 9929960
Application ID: 15609847
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: a first rack in a computer network facility equipped with a first rack switch and a first server with at least a first network interface on the first server having a first network address and a second network interface on the first server having a second network address, the second network address comprising a virtual switch identifier identifying the first rack switch and a dimension identifier identifying a position of the first server in the first rack, the first server storing the second network address; a second rack in the computer network facility equipped with a second rack switch and a second server with at least a first network interface on the second server and a second network interface on the second server; a first bi-directional network link directly connecting the first network interface on the first server in the first rack to the first rack switch; a second bi-directional network link directly connecting the first network interface on the second server in the second rack to the second rack switch; a third bi-directional network link directly connecting the second network interface on the first server in the first rack to the second network interface on the second server in the second rack; and a gateway device connecting at least the first server and the second server to an external data network.