Abstract: The disclosure is directed to content sharing. An aspect defines a filter having at least one parameter for receiving content and detects a content device. The content device is a peer device with sharable content. The aspect further queries the content device for desired content from the sharable content and receives the desired content from the content device. The desired content matches the at least one parameter.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to content sharing. An aspect defines a filter having at least one parameter for receiving content and detects a content device. The content device is a peer device with sharable content. The aspect further queries the content device for desired content from the sharable content and receives the desired content from the content device. The desired content matches the at least one parameter.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a server comprising n operating system images and an IOV aware root complex; a plurality of physical I/O devices comprising n virtual I/O functions; and a PCI Express bus operatively connected to the server and the plurality physical I/O devices via the root complex, wherein the root complex is operable to provide communication between the n operating system images and the n virtual I/O function, and wherein the server and the plurality of physical I/O devices are modules in a chassis.

Abstract: A blade server includes a chassis; a first plurality of bays in the chassis, wherein the first plurality of bays is adapted to receive and at least partially house a plurality of CPU modules, and wherein the first plurality of bays is accessible through a first side of the chassis; a second plurality of bays in the chassis, wherein the second plurality of bays is adapted to receive and at least partially house a plurality of PCI-Express modules, and wherein the second plurality of bays is accessible through a second side of the chassis; and a midplane board arranged to pass a PCI-Express signal between at least one of the plurality of CPU modules and at least one of the plurality of PCI-Express modules.

Abstract: Methods and systems for load balancing a plurality of entities, such as firewalls, in a network environment are disclosed. In particular, the load balancing of firewalls on a bidirectional traffic path is performed using a single device that controls both incoming and outgoing traffic through the firewalls. The single device may include virtual routers for controlling the bidirectional traffic through the firewalls. A first virtual router may control incoming traffic to the firewalls and the other virtual router may control outgoing traffic to the firewalls. The virtual routers are logical partitions of the device layered on the physical resources of the device. The virtual routers share all or portions of the physical resources of the single device.

Abstract: A hoisting machine including a device supported from a structure, the device holding the material to be lifted, the structure being movable to locate the device in respective loaded and unloading positions, and apparatus for measuring the quantity of material delivered by the device, the apparatus comprising means to determine the position of the device with respect to a selected location in the structure at a plurality of intervals during the movement of the device, means to provide a processable position signal indicative of the determined position of the device, means to determine the load at a selected location within the structure where the load is related to the weight of the device and device contents at the intervals during the movement of the device, means to produce a processable load signal indicative of the determined load at the location, and processing means to receive the position and load signals for a plurality of interval determinations and calculate therefrom a number of weight determinatio