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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed herein for configuring a virtual network. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request to add network interface cards (NICs) of a new virtual machine (VM) host to the virtual network, and determining, using a protocol by which network devices advertise information, ports of at least one physical switch to which the NICs are connected. The method further includes determining, based on a predefined network configuration document, virtual local area networks (VLANs) which are enabled on the ports of the at least one physical switch to which the NICs are connected. In addition, the method includes assigning the NICs to ports of at least one virtual switch in the virtual network based on the VLANs as determined.