SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTICAST ROUTING IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK

摘要

An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a first hypervisor running on a first host and a second hypervisor running on a second host. The first hypervisor managing a first virtual switch, and the second hypervisor managing a second virtual switch. The information handling system also includes a plurality of virtual machines (VMs), including a first VM, which is part of a first tenant, running on the first host, and a second VM, part of a second tenant, running on the second host. The first virtual switch has a mapping in memory that maps a customer-specific multicast IP address, used by the plurality of VMs to indicate a multicast group that includes VMs on the first and second tenants, to a global multicast IP address used by the first and second hosts.

主权项

1. An information handling system comprising:
a first hypervisor running on a first host, the first hypervisor managing a first virtual switch also running on the first host; a second hypervisor running on a second host, the second hypervisor managing a second virtual switch also running on the second host; and a plurality of virtual machines (VMs), including a first VM running on the first host under control of the first hypervisor, the first VM being part of a first tenant, and a second VM running on the second host under control of the second hypervisor, the second VM being part of a second tenant; and wherein the first virtual switch has a mapping in memory that maps a customer-specific multicast IP address, used by the plurality of VMs to indicate a multicast group, to a global multicast IP address used by the first and second hosts, wherein the multicast group includes VMs in the first and the second tenants.