ROUTING OF COMMUNICATIONS TO ONE OR MORE PROCESSORS PERFORMING ONE OR MORE SERVICES ACCORDING TO A LOAD BALANCING FUNCTION

摘要

Systems and methods for routing communications to a platform service are provided. A message including payload data is received. The information in the payload data of the message is examined in order to determine the type of message. The message is then relayed to an appropriate platform service based on the type of message. Some embodiments assign numbers to the packets that make up the message.

主权项

1. A method for routing communications in a computer network, the method comprising:
receiving a selection to provision a master network appliance on a computer network at management console service at a network appliance, identifying that communications can be sent over a backplane at the network appliance to at least one other network appliance, wherein the backplane is a low latency link between the network appliance and the at least one other network appliance that provides a dedicated bandwidth for communications between the network appliance and the at least one other network appliance; identifying an internet protocol address of the at least one other network appliance, wherein the at least one other network appliance is a slave network appliance to the master network appliance; and provisioning configuration data to the slave network appliance by the master network appliance, wherein:
the configuration data identifies a topology of the computer network,the topology of the computer network including a first firewall, a first switch,the first firewall communicates with the first switch over a first network communication interface at the first switch, andthe switch communicates with the master network appliance over a second communication interface at the first switch and communicates with the slave network appliance over a third network communication interface at the master network appliance.