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7191228 Health checker for EMS CORBA notification listener  
A system and method is described for checking the health status of a communication pathways between an EMS and a notification listener that receives notification signals from the EMS when changes...
7191356 Method for asynchronous support of fault-tolerant and adaptive communication  
An invention is provided for affording asynchronous fault-tolerant and adaptive communication in a distributed computing environment. The invention includes periodically updating a stored...
7191357 Hybrid quorum/primary-backup fault-tolerance model  
A hybrid quorum/consensus and primary-backup fault-tolerance model in an object-based distributed data storage system. When a primary manager fails, a hierarchy of network entities is established...
7185228 Method for controlling information processing system and information processing system  
A storage system is composed of storage apparatuses each separately installed at three sites for the purpose of disaster recovery, wherein data stored in one of the storage apparatuses designated...
7185235 Test and verification framework  
Systems and techniques to test a software product in one or more computer systems. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes calling components in a first computer system during...
7185236 Consistent group membership for semi-active and passive replication  
This invention defines a method and mechanisms for maintaining a consistent group membership, based on the leader-follower strategy of Semi-Active or Passive replication. Each member of the group...
7185221 Method and system for signaling a system fault  
A method and system for signaling a system fault. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives an error advisory pertaining to a fault within a network. Next, the present invention...
7181760 High availability mechanism in a cable environment  
A scalable fault tolerant cable headend switching system using modular switching or multiplexing devices. A radio frequency switch connects a series of adjacent cable headend element to a series of...
7181653 Method for establishing network connections  
A method for repairing a failed network connection between a client system and a network is disclosed. In a first aspect, the method preferably includes collecting real time connectivity...
7178059 Disaster recovery for processing resources using configurable deployment platform  
A system and method for disaster recovery for processing resources using configurable deployment platform. A primary site has a configuration of processing resources. A specification of the...
7178051 Method for synchronous support of fault-tolerant and adaptive communication  
An invention is provided for fault-tolerant and adaptive communication in a distributed computing environment. The invention includes detecting an interruption in a digital connection on a network...
7178052 High availability virtual switch  
Method and devices are provided for implementing high availability. Some implementations provide high availability for virtual switches of data networks. Each virtual switch acts as a single...
7178057 Method for allowing a clustered computer systems manager to use disparate hardware on each of the separate servers utilized for redundancy  
An apparatus for and method of providing failure recovery from redundancy, notwithstanding that the failed subsystem and its replacement have differing capacities. This is especially useful when...
7177919 Method and system for controlling tasks on network cards  
A method and system for controlling tasks performed on network cards is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method disclosed controls applications that are executed within the network. The method of...
7174387 Methods and apparatus for requesting link state information  
Methods and apparatus are provided for optimizing the reintroduction of a network node into a network. Information about neighboring nodes is stored in persistent memory. The network node can then...
7174389 Tandem node system and a method therefor  
The tandem node system has a first node having an access link connected to a first port group of a first customer and a first network link connected to a first router. A second node has an access...
7171583 For PPRC backup systems  
A system and method for extending peer-to-peer remote copy system operations that transfer data contents written to a first storage system from a host device to a remote second storage system over...
7171590 Multi-processor system that identifies a failed node based on status information received from service processors in a partition  
A multi-processor system includes a partition including a selected number of nodes selected from a plurality of nodes provided in a plurality of node groups, each of the nodes including a computer....
7167999 Methods and apparatus for a segregated interface for parameter configuration in multi-path failover system  
An invention is disclosed for a segregated user interface for parameter configuration in a multi-path failover system. The segregated user interface includes a user interface module capable of...
7167998 Problem determination using probing  
The deployment of probing technology for the purpose of problem determination in a server or network element is disclosed. One can actively select which probes to send in order to be able to...
7165097 System for distributed error reporting and user interaction  
On a computer cluster, a distributed object, called a console, manages all interactions with users and manages error reporting. The console provides a simple synchronous call interface that does...
7162658 System and method for providing automatic data restoration after a storage device failure  
A system and method for providing automatic data restoration after a storage device failure are disclosed. An agent module detects a failure at a logical unit located at a primary storage device....
7159150 Distributed storage system capable of restoring data in case of a storage failure  
A collective storage system and method for restoring data in the system after a failure in the system. The system includes multiple storage nodes that are interconnected by a network and store data...
7159234 System and method for streaming media server single frame failover  
Systems, methods, and computer readable media are provided for very fast failover of streaming media servers. Fast failover allows for better quality of service. If a first server that is streaming...
7155704 Determinism in a multiprocessor computer system and monitor and processor therefor  
A multiprocessor computer system which provides fault tolerance includes a number of processing sets. At least one of the processing sets is operable asynchronously of a second processing set. A...
7155632 Method and system for implementing IS-IS protocol redundancy  
The present invention relates to a method and system for implementing link level protocol redundancy in a router. In particular, the invention relates to providing redundancy of the Intermediate...
7155636 Method for detecting faults between storage devices and storage devices using the same  
Processing of heavy load data transfer is executed among a plurality of storage devices interconnected through a communication line. Faults are detected in accordance with a result of the data...
7155639 Compliance testing communication protocols implemented on resource-constrained computing devices  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that supports compatibility testing of functionality provided through an Application Programming Interface (API) on a computing device....
7155120 Link level network protection path calculation mechanism for use in optical networks  
A link based network protection path calculation mechanism wherein a protection route is calculated that is guaranteed not to traverse the link it is intended to protect. The mechanism takes...
7152178 Method and system for detecting path failure and performing input/output recovery in a multi-path input/output system  
The method and system provides for continuing issuance of input/output requests on a fabric having a plurality of paths connected to adapters on a computer managing the input/output requests. If a...
7152181 Method for highly available transaction recovery for transaction processing systems  
A highly available transaction recovery service migration system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention implements a server's Transaction Recovery Service (TRS) as a migratable...
7152190 USB OTG intelligent hub/router for debugging USB OTG devices  
An apparatus, architecture and method for enabling the debugging of USB OTG devices under development is provided herein. An intelligent router ( 100 ) provides the capability to connect to a USB...
7152146 Control of multiple groups of network-connected storage devices  
In a storage system comprising multiple storage devices with different interfaces, the characteristics, including the type of interface, of the storage devices on which the source volume is...
7152180 Configurable reliable messaging system  
In one aspect of the invention, a configurable reliable messaging system is provided. The configurable reliable messaging system comprises a communication subsystem capable of configurably...
7152179 IP redundancy with improved failover notification  
Redundant gateway methods, apparatus and systems use more than one gateway device in a gateway device group for communications directed outside of a LAN. Failover services are thus provided in the...
7149919 Disaster recovery system with cascaded resynchronization  
A disaster recovery system with sequenced cascaded resynchronization comprises a plurality of data centers and a distributed control system. The individual data centers comprise a communication...
7149917 Method and apparatus for outage measurement  
An Outage Measurement System (OMS) monitors and measures outage data at a network processing device. The outage data can be stored in the device and transferred to a Network Management System (NMS)...
7149892 Secure sockets layer proxy architecture  
A method for secure communications between a client and one of a plurality of servers performed on an intermediary device coupled to the client and said plurality of servers. In one aspect, the...
7149918 Method and apparatus for high availability distributed processing across independent networked computer fault groups  
A plurality of local network groups of computers ( 102 ) are coupled together by a network ( 104 ). Independent processing systems that execute a single operating system are coupled together by a...
7149920 Deterministic error recovery protocol  
Disclosed are an error recovery method and system for use with a communication system having first and second nodes, each of said nodes having a receiver and a sender, the sender of the first node...
7146537 Protocol test device including a network processor  
The present invention relates to a protocol test device including a network processor where the network processor has the following features: protocol levels of a protocol stack can be...
7146523 Monitoring processing modes of coupling facility structures  
System-managed duplexing of coupling facility structures. A plurality of instances of coupling facility structures are maintained in a plurality of coupling facilities. Duplexing processing...
7143315 Data storage systems and methods  
Fault tolerant data storage systems and methods of operating a fault tolerant data storage system are presented. In one aspect of the invention, a fault tolerant data storage system comprises: a...
7139928 Method and system for providing redundancy within a network element  
A network element is disclosed that provides redundancy within the network element that, in turn, provides fault tolerance for the failure of one or more processing units therein. In one...
7139930 Failover system and method for cluster environment  
A failover method and system is provided for a computer system having at least three nodes operating as a cluster. One method includes the steps of detecting failure of one node, determining the...
7139925 System and method for dynamic cluster adjustment to node failures in a distributed data system  
A distributed system provides for separate management of dynamic cluster membership and distributed data. Nodes of the distributed system may include a state manager and a topology manager. A state...
7139239 Self-healing control network for building automation systems  
In building automation architectures, components may be associated through physical communications paths and at a different level through building automation applications. Building automation...
7139929 Generating a test environment for validating a network design  
Generating a test environment includes accessing initial test environments for a network of nodes, where a test environment specifies a propagation or justification path for a node. The following...
7139939 System and method for testing servers and taking remedial action  
A method for monitoring a plurality of servers in a cluster and taking corrective action for the servers. A request to one of the servers is sent. Then, a determination is made if the one server...
7139805 Scalable java servers for network server applications  
A system for providing Java-implemented Application Servers to a plurality of clients. Each of the Java-implemented Application Servers is configured to execute on a processing element of a server...