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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2008
Applicant:

Sergey Royt, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventor:

Sergey Royt, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); G06F 2206/1012 (2013.01); H04L 12/2602 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A virtualization mechanism may create a virtual representation of a group of physical computers and the physical connections between the computers. The mechanism may comprise a discovery tool for determining a topology of connected physical computers and selecting the elements to virtualize, a device virtualization tool that may create virtual versions of the physical computers, and a connection virtualization tool that may create virtual connections between the virtual computers. The virtual devices and virtual connections may then be operated virtually. In many cases, optimized versions of the virtual devices and virtual connections may be performed.


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