US 12,316,702 B2
Efficient virtual IP address management for service clusters
Harshit Agarwal, Newark, CA (US); and Tabrez Parvez Memon, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Nutanix, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Nutanix, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,963.
Application 18/432,963 is a continuation of application No. 17/135,084, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,917,001.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,105, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187479 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 43/12 (2022.01); H04L 61/103 (2022.01); H04L 67/1034 (2022.01); H04L 67/1036 (2022.01); H04L 67/563 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1034 (2013.01) [H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 67/1036 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing services provided by a plurality of computing nodes, comprising:
identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the plurality of computing nodes providing different types of services which include at least a storage service and a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) based service;
selecting a first computing node in the plurality of computing nodes based on a set of selection criteria;
assigning the IP address to the first computing node, thereby allowing a request based on the IP address for a respective service provided by the computing nodes to be directed to the first computing node; and
facilitating a first service provided by the computing nodes based on the request.