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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Robert C. Combs, Redmond, WA (US);
Pankaj Garg, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sambhrama M. Mundkur, Sammamish, WA (US);
Luis M. Hernandez, Seattle, WA (US);
Alireza Dabagh, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert C. Combs, Redmond, WA (US);
Pankaj Garg, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sambhrama M. Mundkur, Sammamish, WA (US);
Luis M. Hernandez, Seattle, WA (US);
Alireza Dabagh, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An extensible virtual switch allows virtual machines to communicate with one another and optionally with other physical devices via a network. The extensible virtual switch includes an extensibility protocol binding, allowing different extensions to be added to the extensible virtual switch. The extensible virtual switch also includes a miniport driver on which the extensions are loaded, tying the lifetimes of the extensions to the lifetime of the extensible virtual switch.