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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Raja Kommula, Cupertino, CA (US);

Raj Yavatkar, Saratoga, CA (US);

Thayumanavan Sridhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example apparatus to manage network resources includes a link aggregator to: aggregate a first plurality of physical network interface cards to create a first link aggregated group, the first link aggregated group corresponding to a first virtual network interface card; and aggregate a second plurality of physical network interface cards to create a second link aggregated group, the second link aggregated group corresponding to a second virtual network interface card; and a link manager to: connect the first link aggregated group between a first distributed virtual port and a first top-of-rack switch; connect the second link aggregated group between a second distributed virtual port and a second top-of-rack switch; and remove an invalid connection between the first plurality of physical network interface cards and the second top-of-rack switch.


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