Scalable policy assignment in an edge virtual bridging (EVB) environment
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a switch, virtual machine (VM) information for at least one VM, wherein the VM information includes, for each VM, a virtual station interface (VSI) type identification (ID) associated with the VM;
for each VSI type ID, associating, by the switch, a policy discriminator (PD) type with the VSI type ID, wherein each PD type represents a scalable policy assignment that is one of multiple PD types including a VM type and a virtual local area network (vLAN) type;
retrieving, by the switch, at least one rule and bandwidth filter information associated with a first VSI type ID from (a VSI database (DB) table, wherein the first VSI type ID is associated with a first VM; and
applying, by the switch, the at least one rule and the bandwidth filter information based on a PD type associated with the first VSI type ID.
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Abstract
One embodiment includes obtaining virtual machine (VM) information for at least one VM. The VM information includes a VSI type identification (ID) associated with each VM. A policy discriminator (PD) is associated for each VSI type ID, where the PD represents scalable policy assignment. At least one rule and bandwidth filter information associated with a VSI type ID is retrieved from virtual station interface (VSI) database (DB) information and PD for each VSI type ID. The associated at least one rule and filter information is applied based on one of multiple PD types. The multiple PD types comprise a VM type and a virtual local area network (vLAN) type.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining, by a switch, virtual machine (VM) information for at least one VM, wherein the VM information includes, for each VM, a virtual station interface (VSI) type identification (ID) associated with the VM; for each VSI type ID, associating, by the switch, a policy discriminator (PD) type with the VSI type ID, wherein each PD type represents a scalable policy assignment that is one of multiple PD types including a VM type and a virtual local area network (vLAN) type; retrieving, by the switch, at least one rule and bandwidth filter information associated with a first VSI type ID from (a VSI database (DB) table, wherein the first VSI type ID is associated with a first VM; and applying, by the switch, the at least one rule and the bandwidth filter information based on a PD type associated with the first VSI type ID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for scalable policy assignment in an edge virtual bridging (EVB) system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a switch to cause the switch to:
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obtain, by the switch, virtual machine (VM) information for at least one VM, wherein the VM information includes, for each VM, a virtual station interface (VSI) type identification (ID) associated with the VM; for each VSI type ID, associate, by the switch, a policy discriminator (PD) type with the VSI type ID, wherein each PD type represents a scalable policy assignment that is one of multiple PD types including a VM type and a virtual local area network (vLAN) type; retrieve, by the switch, at least one rule and bandwidth filter information associated with a first VSI type ID from a VSI database (DB) table, wherein the first VSI type ID is associated with a first VM; and apply, by the switch, the at least one rule and the bandwidth filter information based on a PD type associated with the first VSI type ID. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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