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US 2010/0306408 A1Published application
Agile data center network architecture
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAlbert Greenberg, Parantap Lahiri, David A. Maltz, Parveen K. Patel, Sudipta Sengupta, Navendu Jain, Changhoon Kim
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Abstract
This patent application relates to an agile network architecture that can be employed in data centers, among others. One implementation provides a virtual layer-2 network connecting machines of a layer-3 infrastructure.
Claims23
A method, comprising, providing a virtual layer-2 network connecting machines by assigning application addresses to the machines and location addresses to components of a layer-3 infrastructure.
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of computing devices communicatively coupled via a plurality of switches, individual computing devices associated with an application address, an individual computing device configurable to act as a source computing device and another individual computing device configurable to act as a destination computing device, the source computing device configured to send a packet to the application address of the destination computing device;
- and,
- an agile agent configured to intercept the packet and to identify a location address associated with the destination computing device and to select an individual switch of the plurality of switches through which to send the packet to the location address.
A server, comprising:
- at least one processor for executing computer readable instructions;
- and,
- an agile agent that is executable by the at least one processor and configured to receive a packet for delivery to another server and to encapsulate the packet for the delivery via an intermediate switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.