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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tanmay Dalvi, Pune, IN;
Amita Savagaonkar, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5054 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 67/1002 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/0209 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for placing a virtual edge gateway appliance on at least one host computing system are described. In one embodiment, a virtual switch assigned to a tenant for creating virtual networks is identified. Further, at least one host computing system having access to the virtual switch is identified. Furthermore, placing a virtual edge gateway appliance on the at least one identified host computing system is recommended to allow connectivity to networks created using the virtual switch assigned to the tenant.