发明名称 |
Hypervisor independent network virtualization |
摘要 |
A method includes receiving a packet having a VLAN ID at a first physical overlay switch located at an edge of an IP network, encapsulating the packet with an overlay header, and tunneling the encapsulated packet to a second physical overlay switch via IP network. |
申请公布号 |
US9264352(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.02.16 |
申请号 |
US201314066492 |
申请日期 |
2013.10.29 |
申请人 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
发明人 |
Benny Stephan;Kidambi Jayakrishna;Pandey Vijoy A. |
分类号 |
H04L12/28;H04L12/56;H04L12/715;H04L12/46 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/28 |
代理机构 |
Zilka-Kotab, PC |
代理人 |
Zilka-Kotab, PC |
主权项 |
1. A method for providing a virtual overlay network, the method comprising:
receiving a packet having a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID) at a first physical overlay switch located at an edge of an internet protocol (IP) network directly from a first virtual switch operating in a first hypervisor domain; encapsulating the packet with an overlay header using the first physical overlay switch; and tunneling the encapsulated packet to a second physical overlay switch via the IP network in response to a determination that a source of the packet is physically separated from a destination of the packet by the IP network, the second physical overlay switch being connected to a second virtual switch operating in a second hypervisor domain, wherein the first hypervisor domain is associated with a first hypervisor that is unable to communicate with a second hypervisor associated with the second hypervisor domain. |
地址 |
Armonk NY US |