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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Jeffrey J. Feng, Round Rock, TX (US);

Terry J. Hoffman, Austin, TX (US);

Shawn P. Mullen, Buda, TX (US);

Bhargavi B. Reddy, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Feng, Round Rock, TX (US);

Terry J. Hoffman, Austin, TX (US);

Shawn P. Mullen, Buda, TX (US);

Bhargavi B. Reddy, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

A physical host executes a hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) that instantiates at least one virtual machine (VM) and a virtual input/output server (VIOS). The VIOS determines by reference to a policy data structure a disposition of a packet of network communication with the VM, where the disposition includes one of dropping the packet and forwarding the packet. Thereafter, the determined disposition is applied to a subsequent packet in a same packet flow as the packet.


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