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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A device may receive information associated with a set of types of virtual network interface cards (vNICs). A hypervisor, of the device, being capable of connecting a vNIC, to a virtual bus, to connect a virtual machine, of the device, to a network. The device may connect the vNIC, to the virtual bus, based on the information associated with the set of types of vNICs. The vNIC being associated with a type of the set of types. The device may determine whether the virtual machine is compatible with the vNIC based on connecting the vNIC to the virtual bus. The device may selectively connect another vNIC, to the virtual bus, based on determining whether the virtual machine is compatible with the vNIC.