David Anthony Herr

US Patent:

6941366, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Jan 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/764500

Inventors:

Mark L. Antes - Gillett PA, US
James Russell Godwin - Raleigh NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
David J. Wierbowski - Owego NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/173

US Classification:

709224, 714 4, 714 11, 370248

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products provide for transferring network security based communications from a first distribution processor, which provides secure communications over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through the first distribution processor by a common network address, to a second distribution processor. Information sufficient to restart the transferred network security based communications at the second distribution processor is provided. Takeover of the common address by the second distribution processor is detected and existing network security based communications to the first distribution processor are terminated. The transferred communications are restarted at the second distribution processor utilizing the provided information. Both inbound and outbound network security based communications with target hosts utilizing the common network address are routed through the second distribution processor.

US Patent:

6941384, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Aug 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/640438

Inventors:

Alfred Bundgaard Christensen - Raleigh NC, US
Wesley McMillan Devine - Apex NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
Mark W. McClintock - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/16
G06F011/00

US Classification:

709250, 709227, 714 4

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products provide for recovery from a failure of a primary routing communication protocol stack which routes communications over connections to a virtual Internet Protocol address (VIPA) and at least one port associated with the VIPA to a plurality of other communication protocol stacks associated by the primary routing stack and with the VIPA and the at least one port. At least one backup routing communication protocol stack is identified. The backup routing stack stores an identification of stacks associated with the VIPA and the at least one port as candidate target stacks. Messages are received at the backup routing stack identifying stacks having application instances bound to the VIPA and listening on the at least one port as current actual target stacks. Connections to the VIPA and the at least one port for current actual target stacks are also identified and a routing table constructed from the received messages so as to provide routing path information to current actual target stacks associated with the connection. Messages on the connections to the VIPA and the at least one port are routed through the backup stack utilizing the constructed routing table.

US Patent:

6954784, Oct 11, 2005

Filed:

Mar 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/087853

Inventors:

Alfred Bundgaard Christensen - Raleigh NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
Mark W. McClintock - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/177

US Classification:

709220, 709238, 709239

Abstract:

Cluster-wide port assignments in a workload distribution system in a cluster of data processing systems are provided such that a unique port may be provided for a socket. Establishing ports associated with workload distribution is also provided by allowing either enumerated ports and/or all ports of a common IP address to be associated with workload distribution. Workload distribution is provided in a cluster of data processing systems where a single IP address may be associated with a plurality of data processing systems and/or protocol stacks in the cluster of data processing systems and a port of the single IP address may be shared among multiple data processing systems and/or protocol stacks or may be unique among the plurality of data processing systems and/or protocol stacks.

US Patent:

6965930, Nov 15, 2005

Filed:

Oct 20, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/693663

Inventors:

Andrew Hilliard Arrowood - Raleigh NC, US
Wesley McMillian Devine - Apex NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
Lap Thiet Huynh - Raleigh NC, US
Dinakaran B. Joseph - Durham NC, US
Alan George Packett - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/173

US Classification:

709223, 709224, 709225, 709226, 718105

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products provide for distributing workload between data processing systems executing an application which communicates over a network, by receiving a request for a connection to the application over the network, obtaining workload information for the data processing systems, obtaining network quality of service (QoS) information associated with communications over the network for the data processing systems and utilizing the workload information and the corresponding network quality of service information for the data processing systems so as to provide workload metrics. The requested connection to the application is distributed based on the generated workload metrics.

US Patent:

6996617, Feb 7, 2006

Filed:

Aug 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/640412

Inventors:

Alfred Bundgaard Christensen - Raleigh NC, US
Wesley McMillan Devine - Apex NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
Mark W. McClintock - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
H04L 12/66

US Classification:

709227, 709230, 709203, 370352, 37039552, 3703952

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products provide for transferring a virtual Internet Protocol address (VIPA) between communication protocol stacks including at least a first communication protocol stack and a second communication protocol stack. Ownership of the VIPA is established at the second communication protocol stack and connections to the first communication protocol stack utilizing the VIPA are maintained. TCP/IP messages for the connections to the first communication protocol stack are routed through the second communication protocol stack so as to non-disruptively move the VIPA from the first communication protocol stack to the second communication protocol stack.

US Patent:

6996631, Feb 7, 2006

Filed:

Aug 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/640409

Inventors:

Alfred Bundgaard Christensen - Raleigh NC, US
Wesley McMillan Devine - Apex NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
Mark W. McClintock - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709242, 709238, 709239, 709220

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products provide communications with a plurality of application instances using a plurality of communication protocol stacks and a single Internet Protocol (IP) address. A stack is established as a routing stack associated with the single IP address. Other stacks which are associated with the single IP address are defined as candidate target stacks and an identification of candidate target stacks and the routing stack is distributed to the stacks. The routing stack is notified when an application associated with a candidate target stack listens to a port of the IP address to establish a current actual target stack. A request to establish a connection to the IP address and the port of the IP address is received and a routing table entry corresponding to the current actual target stack is created to provide a routing path from the routing stack to the current actual target stack. Communications to the port of the IP address received by the routing stack are routed based on the routing table.

US Patent:

7120697, Oct 10, 2006

Filed:

May 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/862968

Inventors:

Wesley McMillan Devine - Apex NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
Mark W. McClintock - Raleigh NC, US
Raymond E. Ward - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

709229, 709226, 709228, 709249

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products provide assignment of ports for connections originated by multiple application instances executing on different data processing systems utilizing a common network address. An indication of available ports for the common network address is provided to each of the different data processing systems executing the multiple application instances. A port identified as available is selected as a port for a connection utilizing the common network address.

US Patent:

7146432, Dec 5, 2006

Filed:

Jan 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/764790

Inventors:

Mark L. Antes - Gillett PA, US
James Russell Godwin - Raleigh NC, US
David Anthony Herr - Apex NC, US
David J. Wierbowski - Owego NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/173
G06F 11/30
G01R 31/08

US Classification:

709239, 709226, 709240, 709242, 370216, 370220, 370223, 713200, 713201

Abstract:

Methods, systems and computer program products provide for recovering from the failure of a primary distribution processor which provides secure communications over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through the primary distribution processor by a common network address. Information sufficient to restart communications through the primary distribution processor utilizing network security is provided to a backup distribution processor. Failure of the primary distribution processor is detected and the communications utilizing network security restarted at the backup distribution processor utilizing the provided information. Both inbound and outbound communications with target hosts utilizing the common network address and which are associated with a secure network communication are then routed through the backup distribution processor. Both inbound and outbound processing of secure network communications utilizing the common network address is performed at the backup distribution processor so as to provide network security processing of communications from the target host and network security processing of communications to the target host.