Introduction
Figure 4. High-Availability System Backplane Architecture
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2.3High-Availability Software Approach
As shown in the Figure 1,
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•Backplane Device Drivers
2.3.1Host Application
The host application serves as the central control mechanism for the platform. For a host application to function in an RH environment it must be able to relinquish or receive control of the system in a controlled manner. Dynamically transitioning of bus segment ownership between active and backup requires the application to maintain data synchronization between the applications on the redundant Hosts.
18 | High Availability Software for the Intel® NetStructureTM ZT 4901 Technical Product Specification |
