Network interface card having overlay gateway functionality

摘要

In one embodiment, a server includes a virtualization platform providing one or more virtual machines (VMs), the virtualization platform including: logic configured to provide support for the one or more VMs, and logic configured to provide a virtual switch, the virtual switch being configured to provide switching functionality across a network to network traffic received from and/or sent to the one or more VMs, a network interface card (NIC) including a plurality of network ports including multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) ports, a multi-lane PCIe interface configured to communicate with the server, an Ethernet controller configured to communicate with the network, logic configured to provide overlay network gateway functionality to network traffic received from and/or sent to the network, and logic configured to provide overlay network functionality to network traffic received from and/or sent to the one or more VMs, and a NIC driver configured to interface/support the NIC.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a network interface card (NIC), comprising:
a plurality of network ports including multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) ports;a multi-lane PCIe interface configured to communicate with a server, the server comprising a virtualization platform providing one or more virtual machines (VMs);an Ethernet controller configured to communicate with a network;logic configured to provide overlay network gateway functionality to network traffic received from and/or sent to the network; andlogic configured to provide overlay network functionality to network traffic received from and/or sent to the one or more VMs.