Dynamic provisioning of virtual systems
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1. A method for dynamic provisioning of virtual systems, the method comprising:
- with a server system that hosts virtual systems, detecting a new virtual system on said server system;
with said server system, using a physical address of said new virtual system to perform network authentication on behalf of said new virtual system by impersonating the physical address of said new virtual system; and
with said server system, sending an authentication request to an authentication server on behalf of said new virtual system, in which provisioning information received based on the authentication request is to be applied to a port connecting a neighboring network device to said server system.
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Abstract
A method for dynamic provisioning of virtual systems includes, with a server system that hosts virtual systems, detecting a new virtual system on the server system, and with the server system, using a physical address of the new virtual system to perform network authentication on behalf of the new virtual system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for dynamic provisioning of virtual systems, the method comprising:
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with a server system that hosts virtual systems, detecting a new virtual system on said server system; with said server system, using a physical address of said new virtual system to perform network authentication on behalf of said new virtual system by impersonating the physical address of said new virtual system; and with said server system, sending an authentication request to an authentication server on behalf of said new virtual system, in which provisioning information received based on the authentication request is to be applied to a port connecting a neighboring network device to said server system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A server system to host a number of virtual systems, the server system comprising:
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at least one processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising computer executable code that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to; detect a new virtual system on said server system; use a physical address of said new virtual system to perform network authentication on behalf of said new virtual system by impersonating the physical address of said new virtual system; and send, from said virtual server system, an authentication request to an authentication server on behalf of said new virtual system, in which; a source of said authentication request is identified as said new virtual system based on said physical address of said new virtual system being indicated as a source of said authentication request; and provisioning information received based on the authentication request is to be applied to a port connecting a neighboring network device to said server system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for dynamic provisioning of virtual systems, the method comprising:
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with a server system that hosts virtual systems, detecting a new virtual system on said server system; with said server system, transmitting an authentication request on behalf of said new virtual system, a data packet associated with said request indicating the source of the packet by the physical address of a virtual system running on said server system, in which provisioning information received based on the authentication request is to be applied to a port connecting a neighboring network device to said server system; with said server system, transmitting data packets associated with said virtual system to a neighboring network device, said network device to allow transmission of data packets associated with said virtual system as a result of said authentication request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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