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Maintaining Virtual Machines in a Network Device

  • US 20110004877A1
  • Filed: 07/01/2009
  • Published: 01/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of maintaining a network device including at least one hosted virtual machine, the method comprising:

  • communicating a first message to a first hosted virtual machine;

    waiting a time duration to receive a second message from the first hosted virtual machine; and

    in response to not receiving the second message within the time duration, configuring a virtual machine data interface such that network traffic bypasses the first hosted virtual machine.

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