ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,152, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for non-disruptive cluster reconfiguration" was invented by Dmitry Krivenok (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for non-disruptive reconfiguration of cluster networks. The system includes a node having an upper topology including a virtual ethernet device, a lower topology including first and second virtual network devices, and a control plane coupled between the upper and lower topology. Communication between the first virtual network device and the virtual ethernet device is directed through the control plane via ...