Generating and/or receiving at least one packet to facilitate, at least in part, network path establishment

At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:

• receive, via one or more network switches, resource utilization statistics corresponding to a plurality of virtual machines provisioned on one or more hosts;
• determine at least one usage level information for at least one of the plurality of virtual machines based on the resource utilization statistics;
• and
• control at least one of the one or more network switches to balance traffic flow among the plurality of virtual machines based on the at least one usage level information.

A system comprising:

• means to receive, via one or more network switches, resource utilization information corresponding to a plurality of virtual machines provisioned on one or more hosts;
• means to determine at least one usage level information for at least one of the plurality of virtual machines based on the resource utilization information;
• and
• means to control at least one of the one or more network switches to balance traffic flow among the plurality of virtual machines based on the at least one usage level information.

A system comprising:

• one or more network switches in a network;
• a network controller to:
• receive, via one or more network switches, resource utilization information corresponding to a plurality of virtual machines provisioned on one or more hosts;
• determine at least one usage level information for at least one of the plurality of virtual machines based on the resource utilization information and the control information;
• and
• control at least one of the one or more network switches to balance traffic flow among the plurality of virtual machines based on the at least one usage level information.