Methods, systems and computer program products for providing network connection information in a cluster of data processing systems

The present invention relates to network connections in general and in particular to network connections and routing paths associated with a cluster of data processing systems. Methods, systems and computer program products are provided which provide connection information about connections to communication protocol stacks in a cluster of data processing systems by distributing location information between communication protocol stacks in a group of stacks within the cluster. The distributed location information about addresses and operating system images or data processing systems of communication protocol stacks is utilized to generate a list of addresses corresponding to stacks in the group so that this information may be provided to applications requesting the information from the communication protocol stacks.