发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING TRAFFIC BETWEEN VIRTUAL MACHINES |
摘要 |
Systems and methods for switching traffic include a physical machine running source and destination virtual machines (VMs). The source VM issues a data unit addressed to the destination VM. The physical machine has a physical network interface in communication with the VMs. The physical network interface transmits a sub-packet, which includes a partial portion of the data unit, over a network while a majority portion of the data unit remains at the physical machine. A network switch on the network receives the sub-packet transmitted by the physical network interface. The network switch performs one or more OSI Layer 2 through Layer 7 switching functions on the sub-packet and returns that sub-packet to the physical network interface. The physical network interface identifies the data unit stored in the memory in response to the sub-packet returned from the network switch and forwards the identified data unit to the destination VM.
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申请公布号 |
US2011103389(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.05.05 |
申请号 |
US20090611152 |
申请日期 |
2009.11.03 |
申请人 |
BLADE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
发明人 |
KIDAMBI JAYAKRISHNA;PANDEY VIJOY;BROWNE MIKE |
分类号 |
H04L12/56;H04L12/66 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/56 |
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