METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL PORT COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A method comprising:
- modifying a data frame by inserting a first virtual machine tag therein;
wherein the data frame comprises a destination identifier in a destination field and a payload, and the first virtual machine tag comprises a first virtual port identifier for identifying a first logical interface of a first virtual machine on a virtual machine host.
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Abstract
A method and system may provide virtual port communications. A data frame, containing a destination identifier in a destination field and payload, may be modified by inserting a first virtual machine tag therein. The first virtual machine tag may include a first virtual port identifier for identifying a first logical interface of a first virtual machine on a virtual machine host.
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1. A method comprising:
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modifying a data frame by inserting a first virtual machine tag therein; wherein the data frame comprises a destination identifier in a destination field and a payload, and the first virtual machine tag comprises a first virtual port identifier for identifying a first logical interface of a first virtual machine on a virtual machine host. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a virtual machine host to host one or more virtual machines, the virtual machine host comprising a first virtual machine to forward a data frame, the virtual machine having a first logical interface and having associated therewith a first virtual port identifier to identify the first logical interface; wherein the data frame comprises a destination identifier in a destination field and a payload. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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an edge switch, connected to a network and a virtual machine host via a physical port on the virtual machine host, comprising a forwarding database, the edge switch configured to receive from the network a data frame, the data frame comprising a destination identifier in a destination field and a payload, to perform an address lookup in the forwarding database on the destination identifier, to determine if the destination identifier corresponds to a virtual port internal to the virtual machine host; and
to modify the data frame by inserting a virtual machine tag therein if the destination identifier corresponds to a virtual port identifier of a virtual machine internal to the virtual machine host;wherein the virtual machine host is to host the virtual machine and comprises the virtual machine, the virtual machine having a logical interface and having associated therewith a virtual port identifier to identify the logical interface. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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