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Offloading at a virtual switch in a load-balanced group

  • US 10,700,978 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2016
  • Issued: 06/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining, at an application executing in conjunction with a switch, that a request packet sent to a virtualized computing entity (VCE) connected to the switch should be offloaded to a second VCE;

    changing a destination of the request packet from the VCE to the second VCE, to form a first modified request packet;

    evaluating whether a response packet from the second VCE, and responsive to the request packet, is usable in the data communication with a sender of the request packet, evaluating comprising;

    determining a source of the response packet,wherein the source of the response packet is modified to where the response packet is transmitted from another source;

    determining a configuration of a network component, the network component controlling the data communication the sender of the request packet,wherein the network component determines whether to control the response packet or allow the response packet to pass through; and

    causing, responsive to the evaluating being affirmative, the first modified request packet to be transmitted from the switch to the second VCE.

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