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Virtual port grouping for virtual cluster switching

  • US 8,989,186 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2011
  • Issued: 03/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A switch, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform a method, the method comprising;

    storing in a data structure information about a set of virtual port groups, wherein a respective virtual port group comprises a group of virtual ports, wherein a respective virtual port is a virtualized network port residing on a virtual machine, wherein a virtual port group includes virtual ports residing on a plurality of virtual machines, and wherein a virtual machine is a virtualized computing system running on a physical machine distinct from the switch;

    determining whether a frame is traveling within a same virtual port group; and

    preventing the frame from being forwarded upon a determination that the frame is not traveling within the same virtual port group.

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