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Applying a client policy to a group of channels
US9503397B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9503397-B2 |
| Application number | US-201313741982-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Publication date | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2016 |
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Management and provisioning of networking traffic may be provided by bundling virtual channels into a group. A global policy may be applied to the bundle so that virtual ports providing services to a client may be managed by referring to the global policy of the bundle. The channels comprising the bundle may span multiple physical ports and in some cases, multiple physical switches. Thus, policy management may be avoided at the port level and instead, be handled as groups of channels implementing a client service.
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What is claimed is: 1. A computer program product, for managing network traffic, having a computer readable hardware memory with computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being configured to: establish a plurality of virtual ports of a virtual machine in a physical server, wherein the plurality of virtual ports include respective virtual port operating properties, and wherein network data traffic going through each virtual port is contro…
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Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US9503397B2 cover?
- Management and provisioning of networking traffic may be provided by bundling virtual channels into a group. A global policy may be applied to the bundle so that virtual ports providing services to a client may be managed by referring to the global policy of the bundle. The channels comprising the bundle may span multiple physical ports and in some cases, multiple physical switches. Thus, polic…
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- IBM
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04L49/70. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
- 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 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).