System and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection
OwnerLuke Matthew Norris, Hooker Ashley Heggestadinventors
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Abstract
Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection. More specifically the multi-tenant datacenter includes a plurality of client systems in a first datacenter each client system having a set of physical infrastructure resources. A first cloud computing environment is also in the first datacenter, and coupled to the client systems by OSI Layer 2. The first cloud computing environment thereby virtually extending the physical infrastructure resources of each client system. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection is also provided.
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A datacenter, utilizing Open System Interconnection (OSI) Layer 2 tags to distinguish transmission data in Layer 2 Frames, comprising:
- a plurality of client systems coupled to a first datacenter each client system having a set of infrastructure resources and a client defined networking configuration;
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- a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the client systems by OSI Layer 2 as the physical connection of a data channel for the transfer of data frames at OSI Layer 2, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the distinguished transmission of data to permit at least two client systems to have overlapping network configurations.
A method for providing a datacenter, utilizing Open System Interconnection (OSI) Layer 2 tags to distinguish transmission data in Layer 2 Frames, comprising:
- establishing within a first datacenter a first cloud computing environment;
- locating at least one client system in the first datacenter, each client system having a set of infrastructure resources and a client defined networking configuration;
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- coupling the at least one physical client system to the first cloud computing environment by OSI Layer 2 as the physical connection of a data channel for the transfer of data frames at OSI Layer 2, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the distinguished transmission of data to permit at least two client systems to have overlapping network configurations.
A datacenter, utilizing Open System Interconnection (OSI) Layer 2 tags to distinguish transmission data in Layer 2 Frames, comprising:
- a first datacenter providing a first cloud computing environment having Layer 2 architecture to maintain a plurality of original client Layer 2 configurations, the first datacenter having first physical resources and first virtual resources;
- a second datacenter providing a second cloud computing environment having Layer 2 architecture to maintain a plurality of original client Layer 2 configurations, the second datacenter having second physical resources and second virtual resources, and coupled to the first datacenter by OSI Layer 2 as the physical connection of a data channel for the transfer of data frames at OSI Layer 2, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting at least two systems utilizing the coupled first datacenter and second data center to have overlapping network configurations.
A method for providing a datacenter having Open System Interconnection (OSI) Layer 2 architecture to maintain original client Layer 2 configurations and permit software defined networking, comprising:
- establishing within a first datacenter a first cloud computing environment having Layer 2 architecture to maintain a plurality of original client Layer 2 configurations, the first datacenter having first physical resources and first virtual resources;
- establishing within a second datacenter a second cloud computing environment having Layer 2 architecture to maintain a plurality of original client Layer 2 configurations, the second datacenter having second physical resources and second virtual resources;
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- coupling the first cloud computing environment to the second cloud computing environment by OSI Layer 2 as the physical connection of a data channel for the transfer of data frames at OSI Layer 2, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting at least two systems utilizing the coupled first datacenter and second data center to have overlapping network configurations.
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