Clustering Support Across Geographical Boundaries

An information handling system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• a network interface that connects the information handling system to a computer network;
• a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to manage inter-node communications in a cluster wherein the set of instructions perform actions of:
• creating a plurality of network device drivers (NDDs), wherein each of the NDDs corresponds to a node in the cluster, and wherein each of the NDDs is stored in the memory;
• including a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) based interface in a first set of the created NDDs, wherein each of the first set of created NDDs correspond to a remote node included in the cluster;
• and
• including an existing interface in a second set of the created NDDs, wherein each of the second set of NDDs correspond to a local node included in the cluster.

A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising computer instructions that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions comprising:

• creating, using a processor, a plurality of network device drivers (NDDs), wherein each of the NDDs corresponds to a node in the cluster, and wherein each of the NDDs is stored in a memory accessible by the processor;
• including a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) based interface in a first set of the created NDDs, wherein each of the first set of created NDDs correspond to a remote node included in the cluster;
• and
• including an existing interface in a second set of the created NDDs, wherein each of the second set of NDDs correspond to a local node included in the cluster.