Method and system for virtual and physical network integration
US-9210079-B2 · Dec 8, 2015 · US
Network interface card having overlay gateway functionality
US9503313B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9503313-B2 |
| Application number | US-201514607012-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Priority date | Aug 15, 2012 |
| Publication date | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2016 |
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In one embodiment, a server includes a virtualization platform providing one or more virtual machines (VMs), the virtualization platform including: logic configured to provide support for the one or more VMs, and logic configured to provide a virtual switch, the virtual switch being configured to provide switching functionality across a network to network traffic received from and/or sent to the one or more VMs, a network interface card (NIC) including a plurality of network ports including multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) ports, a multi-lane PCIe interface configured to communicate with the server, an Ethernet controller configured to communicate with the network, logic configured to provide overlay network gateway functionality to network traffic received from and/or sent to the network, and logic configured to provide overlay network functionality to network traffic received from and/or sent to the one or more VMs, and a NIC driver configured to interface/support the NIC.
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What is claimed is: 1. A system, comprising: a network interface card (NIC), comprising: a plurality of network ports including multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) ports; a multi-lane PCIe interface configured to communicate with a server, the server comprising a virtualization platform providing one or more virtual machines (VMs); an Ethernet controller configured to communicate with a network; logic configured to provide overlay network gateway funct…
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Physics · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US9503313B2 cover?
- In one embodiment, a server includes a virtualization platform providing one or more virtual machines (VMs), the virtualization platform including: logic configured to provide support for the one or more VMs, and logic configured to provide a virtual switch, the virtual switch being configured to provide switching functionality across a network to network traffic received from and/or sent to th…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- IBM
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F13/385. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Nov 22 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 3 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).