MULTI-SUBNET PARTICIPATION FOR NETWORK GATEWAY IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A network management server allocates network addresses to a network gateway connected to a public network after receiving an allocation request that specifies a number of network addresses to allocate to the network gateway. The network management server determines a first and second subnets of the public network ha mg respectively, first and second pools of available network addresses capable of being allocated to devices on the public network, and allocates one or more available network addresses from the first and second pools to the network gateway.

主权项

1. A method of allocating network addresses by a network management server to a network gateway connected to as public network, the method comprising;
receiving an allocation request that specifies a number of network addresses to allocate to the network gateway; determining first and second subnets of the public, network having, respectively, first and second pools of available network addresses capable of being allocated to devices on the public network; and allocating one or more available network addresses from the first and second pools to the network gateway.