摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server device capable of allowing a plurality of servers to be logically seen as a single server by using only a single IP address without installing a load dispersing device in a former stage. <P>SOLUTION: Each node 1 of this invention providing a client in cooperation with the other node with a service as a calculator system of a client server model, is provided with a virtual Ethernet (R) layer 13 between an Ethernet (R) driver 12 and an Ethernet (R) layer 14. The virtual Ethernet (R) layer 13 has a function for transferring a packet from the client through a service network 3 to the other node through a control network 4, and a function for instructing the transmission of Grat uitousARP applying a MAC address of the other node as a transmission source MAC address to the client, to an ARP processing portion 19 when the packet is transferred. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |