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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bhalachandra G. Banavalikar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Amitabha Biswas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vinit Jain, Austin, TX (US);
Jayakrishna Kidambi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 47/783 (2013.01); H04L 47/825 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 69/03 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving tunnel information and end point information in response to a request to a distributed cluster. A common tunnel type supported by a source switch and a destination switch is selected. A packet is encapsulated with the common tunnel type supported by the source switch and the destination switch for a destination virtual machine (VM).