SCALABLE POLICY ASSIGNMENT IN AN EDGE VIRTUAL BRIDGING (EVB) ENVIRONMENT
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to scalable policy assignment in an edge virtual bridging (EVB) environment. One embodiment includes a system including a physical end station includes a hypervisor. The physical end station creates at least one virtual machine (VM). A virtual station interface (VSI) database (DB) is coupled to a VM manager server. The VSI DB stores policy information and bandwidth filter information. A policy assignment module is coupled to a switch adjacent to the physical end station. The policy assignment module generates a VSI DB table with at least a portion of the VSI DB information from the VSI DB and a policy discriminator (PD) value for each VSI type ID.
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20 Claims
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9. A non-transitory computer-useable storage medium for scalable policy assignment in an edge virtual bridging (EVB) system, the computer-useable storage medium having a computer-readable program, wherein the program upon being processed on a computer causes the computer to implement:
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fetching virtual machine (VM) information for one or more VMs from a virtual station interface (VSI) database (DB), wherein the VM information includes a VSI type identification (ID) associated with each VM; associating a policy discriminator (PD) value for each VSI type ID; generating a VSI DB table with at least a portion of the VM information from the VSI DB and the PD for each VSI type ID; receiving a message including virtual machine (VM) information for a created VM; retrieving one or more rules and bandwidth filter information associated with a VSI type ID from the VSI DB table; and applying the associated one or more rules and filter information based on the PD. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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15. An edge virtual bridging system comprising:
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a physical end station including a hypervisor, wherein the physical end station creates at least one virtual machine (VM); a virtual station interface (VSI) database (DB) coupled to a VM manager server, the VSI DB storing policy information and bandwidth filter information; and a policy assignment module coupled to a switch adjacent the physical end station, the policy assignment module generates a VSI DB table with at least a portion of the VSI DB information from the VSI DB and a policy discriminator (PD) value for each VSI type ID. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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