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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Skytap, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Holland, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley M. Schick, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Skytap, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A facility for configuring a virtual data center is described. A user such as an administrator uses a management interface to input information specifying a configuration for a virtual data center including virtual network nodes and virtual routers. In response, the facility instantiates each virtual network router needed for the configuration, such as by, for each, instantiating on commodity hardware a virtual machine running a general-purpose operating system used to provide routing services to the virtual network nodes.