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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Srinivas Vegesna, Sunyvale, CA (US);
Jayaprakash Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Pramod Venkatesh, Bangalore, IN;
Naresh Kumar Thukkani, Bangalore, IN;
Srinivas Vegesna, Sunyvale, CA (US);
Jayaprakash Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Pramod Venkatesh, Bangalore, IN;
Naresh Kumar Thukkani, Bangalore, IN;
Abstract
A computerized method includes providing a first virtual machine on first server. With the first virtual machine, communicating a network traffic to a second virtual machine. With a virtual function (VF) on a physical network interface controller (pNIC) of the second server, assigning to the VLAN to a specified VF. A data packet is sent out of the pNIC towards a Top-of-rack (TOR) switch. The method sends the data packet to a second TOR switch. With the second TOR switch, sending the data packet towards the pNIC based on a destination of the second virtual machine's Media Access Control (MAC) address.