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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2010
Uri Elzur, Irvine, CA (US);
Patricia Ann Thaler, Carmichael, CA (US);
Hemal Shah, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Uri Elzur, Irvine, CA (US);
Patricia Ann Thaler, Carmichael, CA (US);
Hemal Shah, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A local manager in a local networking domain may configure a plurality of logical switches by combining switching functions available in network devices and/or network switches in the local networking domain. The configuration may utilize vertical and/or horizontal combinations of the switching functions. The switching functions may comprise network switch-based switching functions, and/or hypervisor-level switching functions and/or network adapter-level switching functions available in network devices which may be configured as virtualized platforms. The local manager may provide interfacing services to enable exposing configured logical switches. The interfacing services may comprise an internal interface, which may be utilized, via the local manager, to control the switching functions corresponding to logical switches and/or to route messages sent to and/or from the logical switches. The interfacing services may also comprise an external interface, which may be used by external entities, such as remote management entities, to manage and/or interact with configured logical switches.