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SCALABLE MULTI-TENANT NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR VIRTUALIZED DATACENTERS

  • US 20140115584A1
  • Filed: 06/07/2011
  • Published: 04/24/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A scalable, multi-tenant network architecture for a virtualized datacenter, the network architecture comprising:

  • a network comprising a plurality of servers connected to a plurality of switches, the plurality of servers hosting a plurality of virtual interfaces for a plurality of tenants;

    a configuration repository connected to the network; and

    a network agent in each server in the plurality of servers to encapsulate packets for transmission across the network from a source virtual interface to a destination virtual interface in the plurality of virtual interfaces for a tenant in the plurality of tenants, the packets encapsulated with information identifying and locating the destination virtual interface, the information interpreted by switches connected to the source virtual interface and the destination virtual interface.

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