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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Method, apparatus and program product to use factory-defined multiple mac addresses for virtual nics
Rajagopal Kunhappan, Fremont, CA (US);
Kais Belgaied, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric T. Cheng, San Mateo, CA (US);
Rajagopal Kunhappan, Fremont, CA (US);
Kais Belgaied, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric T. Cheng, San Mateo, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed for specifying a MAC identifier for a network-interface-device that includes multiple universally administered MAC identifiers and connects to a network through a port. The network-interface-device accepts data packets received through the port if the data packets contain a destination address that matches any active MAC identifier. The method includes reserving a first and second universally administered MAC identifiers from the available universally administered MAC identifiers. The first universally administered MAC identifier and the second universally administered MAC identifier are respectively associated with a first and second resource of the network-interface-device. The MAC identifier is assigned to one of the first or second resource and activated. Other aspects include apparatus logics and program products that perform the method.