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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Murari Sridharan, Chennai, IN;
David A. Maltz, Redmond, WA (US);
Narasimhan Venkataramaiah, Redmond, WA (US);
Parveen K. Patel, Redmond, WA (US);
Yu-Shun Wang, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling communication between a virtualized network and non-virtualized entities using a virtualization gateway. A packet is sent by a virtual machine in the virtualized network to a non-virtualized entity. The packet is routed by the host of the virtual machine to a provider address of the virtualization gateway. The gateway translates the provider address of the gateway to a destination address of the non-virtualized entity and sends the packet to the non-virtualized entity. The non-virtualized entity may be a physical resource, such as a physical server or a storage device. The physical resource may be dedicated to one customer or may be shared among customers.