Automated hybrid connections between multiple environments in a data center

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9130902-B2
Application number	US-201414456406-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2011
Publication date	Sep 8, 2015
Grant date	Sep 8, 2015

Abstract

A multi-tenant data center environment includes a dedicated domain having at least one dedicated server associated with a client and a cloud domain having at least one cloud server associated with the client. The cloud server may have a public interface to a public network and a private interface to a private network. In turn, a network device is coupled between the dedicated domain and the public network, and is further coupled to the cloud server via the private network. A controller of the data center may be used to determine presence of the cloud server, and configure the network device to allow certain traffic to pass directly to the dedicated domain, while preventing other traffic from this direct path, based on access controls of the network device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a dedicated domain of a multi-tenant environment including at least one dedicated server associated with a client;
a cloud domain of the multi-tenant environment, the cloud domain including at least one cloud server associated with the client and having a public interface to a public network and a private interface to a private network;
a network device coupled between the dedicated domain and the public network, to create a hybrid c…

Assignees

• Rackspace Us Inc

Inventors

• Kuehl Christopher

Classifications

• H04L63/02

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/102

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/0209 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/10

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/0263

  Electricity · mapped topic