SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NESTED HYPERVISORS AND LAYER 2 INTERCONNECTION

摘要

Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with nested hypervisors. This is provided by at least two physical computing systems each having at least one processor and memory store adapted to provide a first level Hypervisors, each providing a First Virtual Computing Environment with a plurality of inactive Virtual Hypervisors nested therein. The multi tenant data center is structured and arranged to activate a Virtual Hypervisor on one of the at least two Hypervisors and automatically migrate the at least one Customer VM from a Customer Hypervisor to the Active Virtual Hypervisor; and evacuate the remaining inactive Virtual Hypervisors from the Hypervisor supporting the Active Hypervisor to another of the at least two Hypervisors supporting inactive Virtual Hypervisors. Further, each Customer Virtual Machine in the Active Virtual Hypervisor is coupled to the second physical computing system by OSI Layer 2, prior to an OSI Layer 3 connection, for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the segregation of each Virtual Machine independent of Layer 3 communication. An associated method of use is also provided.

主权项

1. A multi-tenant datacenter with nested hypervisors, comprising:
at least one first physical computing system having at least one processor and at least one memory store adapted to provide a Customer Hypervisor providing a Customer Virtual Computing Environment with at least one Customer Virtual Machine (VM); at least a second and third physical computing systems each having at least one processor and memory store adapted to provide at least a First Hypervisor by the second Physical System and a Second Hypervisor by the third Physical System, each providing a First Virtual Computing Environment with a plurality of inactive Virtual Hypervisors nested therein; the multi tenant data center structured and arranged to activate a Virtual Hypervisor in the First Hypervisor and automatically migrate the at least one Customer VM from the Customer Hypervisor to the Active Virtual Hypervisor and evacuate the remaining inactive Virtual Hypervisors from the First Hypervisor to the Second Hypervisor; and wherein each Customer Virtual Machine in the Active Virtual Hypervisor is coupled to the second physical computing system by OSI Layer 2, prior to an OSI Layer 3 connection, for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the segregation of each Virtual Machine independent of Layer 3 communication.