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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited;
Hemal Vinodchandra Shah, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Karen Marie Schramm, Needham, MA (US);
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A system includes network interface controller (NIC) and a host processor. The host processor may run a hypervisor or OS which may manage virtual network activity for virtual machines (VMs) and/or applications. The NIC may provide a physical function to the hypervisor to support network activity by the VMs and/or applications. Some VMs and/or applications on the network may bypass the hypervisor and access virtual functions from the NIC. The NIC may execute a configurable flow analyzer (CFA), which may perform flow processing operations on the network traffic. The CFA may access flow configuration and management parameters maintained by the hypervisor to control implementation of the flow processing operations. Performing the flow processing operations on the traffic for the VMs and/or applications bypassing the hypervisor or OS may extend management by the hypervisor or OS to these VMs and/or applications.