A mechanism is disclosed for enabling load balancing to be achieved in a network. In one
implementation, load balancing is implemented on a “per flow” basis. At the time that a new …

BACKGROUND Over the past several years, the computing and storage server industries
have been migrating towards a network based computing and storage model to take …

Methods and systems for performing rate limiting are provided. According to one
embodiment, multiple paths are provided between each pair of multi-path load balancing …

Methods and systems for determining a congestion metric for a path in a network are
provided. According to one embodiment, multiple paths are provided between each pair of …

Methods and systems for performing load balancing within an Ethernet network are
provided. According to one embodiment, a set of virtual networks, into which a network has …

A method for automatically designing a switched metro Ethernet data is provided. During
execution of the method, data network information, customer demand information …

A method for monitoring a network includes determining at least one of a jitter value or a
delay value of a network connection between a source switch and a destination switch of the …

A method for facilitating the design and assignment of virtual networks, such as virtual local
area networks (VLANs). The method includes receiving a request to add a new node to a …

Methods and systems for determining link failure in a network are provided. According to
one embodiment, multiple paths are provided between each pair of multi-path load …

Methods and systems for selecting among multiple concurrently active paths through a
network are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is performed by a network …