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Streamlined guest networking in a virtualized environment

  • US 8,681,821 B1
  • Filed: 09/15/2012
  • Issued: 03/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for processing network packets, comprising:

  • under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,receiving a first packet to a transmit-side network layer of a first host machine, the first packet complying with a first network protocol;

    determining a packet size limit for transmitting data corresponding to the first packet from the first host machine to a second host machine via a physical network interface of the first host machine;

    at the transmit-side network layer, converting the first packet into one or more second packets each complying with a second network protocol and having a size of at most the packet size limit; and

    sending the one or more second packets to the physical network interface, the physical network interface operable to transmit the one or more second packets to the second host machine.

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