Virtual machine deployment system using configurable communication couplings

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a virtual machine deployment processing system that includes at least one hardware processor;
• and
• a virtual machine deployment memory system that includes a non-transitory memory that is coupled to the virtual machine deployment processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor included in the virtual machine deployment processing system, cause the virtual machine deployment processing system to provide a virtual machine deployment engine that is configured to:
• receive a first instruction to deploy a first virtual machine on one of a plurality of processing subsystems that are housed in a chassis and that are coupled to a multi-endpoint adapter device that is housed in the chassis via a plurality of configurable hardware communications couplings that are housed in the chassis;
• determine at least one first communication resource requirement for the first virtual machine;
• identify a first processing subsystem that is included in the plurality of processing subsystems and that is provided, via the plurality of configurable hardware communication couplings that couple the first processing subsystem to a first endpoint subsystem provided on the multi-endpoint adapter device, a first subset of available communication resources do not satisfy the at least one first communication resource requirement for the first virtual machine;
• identify at least one second processing subsystem that is included in the plurality of processing subsystems and that is provided, via the plurality of configurable hardware communication couplings that couple the at least one second processing subsystem to the first endpoint subsystem provided on the multi-endpoint adapter device, a second subset of available communication resources that are not needed to satisfy at least one second communication resource requirement for at least one second virtual machine being provided by the at least one second processing subsystem;
• reconfigure the plurality of configurable hardware communication couplings in order to provide the first processing subsystem with the second subset of the available communication resources in order to satisfy the at least one first communication resource requirement for the first virtual machine;
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• deploy the first virtual machine on the first processing subsystem.

A method for deploying virtual machines, comprising:

• receiving, by a virtual machine deployment subsystem, a first instruction to deploy a first virtual machine on one of a plurality of processing subsystems that are housed in a chassis and that are coupled to a multi-endpoint adapter device that is housed in the chassis via a plurality of configurable hardware communications couplings that are housed in the chassis;
• determining, by the virtual machine deployment subsystem, at least one first communication resource requirement for the first virtual machine;
• identifying, by the virtual machine deployment subsystem, a first processing subsystem that is included in the plurality of processing subsystems and that is provided, via the plurality of configurable hardware communication couplings that couple the first processing subsystem to a first endpoint subsystem provided on the multi-endpoint adapter device, a first subset of available communication resources that do not satisfy the at least one first communication resource requirement for the first virtual machine;
• identifying, by the virtual machine deployment subsystem, at least one second processing subsystem that is included in the plurality of processing subsystems and that is provided, via the plurality of configurable hardware communication couplings that couple the at least one second processing subsystem to the first endpoint subsystem provided on the multi-endpoint adapter device, a second subset of available communication resources that are not needed to satisfy at least one second communication resource requirement for at least one second virtual machine being provided by the at least one second processing subsystem;
• reconfiguring, by the virtual machine deployment subsystem, the plurality of configurable hardware communication couplings in order to provide the first processing subsystem with the second subset of the available communication resources in order to satisfy the at least one first communication resource requirement for the first virtual machine;
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• deploying, by the virtual machine deployment subsystem, the first virtual machine on the first processing subsystem.