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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2010
Michael B. Galles, Los Altos, CA (US);
Elango Ganesan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Freed, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Lawrence R. Kreeger, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael B. Galles, Los Altos, CA (US);
Elango Ganesan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Freed, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Lawrence R. Kreeger, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment a method and apparatus that support virtual services including virtual network interface control functionality for virtual machines running on a server. A method includes receiving a packet at a network interface card from a data communication network, classifying, within the network interface card, the packet to select one of multiple flow tables to which the packet should be assigned to obtain a selected flow table, the classifying being based, at least, on a logical interface with which the packet is associated, processing the packet based on information stored in the selected flow table, and passing the packet to a virtual machine operating on a computer to which the network interface card is communicatively connected, the virtual machine being associated with the logical interface.