System Isolation and Network Fast-Fail Capability in Solaris
Gabriel Montenegro (gabriel.montenegro@eng.sun.com)
Steve Drach (steve.drach@eng.sun.com)
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Abstract
UNIX hosts configured for network operation
typically hang, or freeze, when temporarily
disconnected from the network. This failure is
unacceptable to the user of a mobile host who purposely
disconnects the host from the network in order to move
it to another location not serviced by a network
connection. This paper describes an approach that
automatically enables a system to continue to function,
in a diminished capacity, when disconnected from the
network.
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