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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Stephan Benny, San Jose, CA (US);
Vinit Jain, Austin, TX (US);
Jayakrishna Kidambi, San Jose, CA (US);
Nilanjan Mukherjee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijoy A. Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
Santosh Rajagopalan, San Jose, CA (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes a server running a virtualization platform, the virtualization platform including logic adapted for creating one or more virtual machines (VMs) and logic adapted for managing a virtual switch (vSwitch), a controller in communication with the server, the controller including logic adapted for assigning a media access control (MAC) address and a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID) to each of the one or more VMs, wherein a specific tenant to which the one or more VMs belongs is indicated using a tenant ID derived from the VLAN ID, the MAC address, or a combination thereof. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are also described according to more embodiments.