Automated Hybrid Connections Between Multiple Environments In A Data Center
AssigneeRackspace US, Inc.
InventorChristopher Kuehl
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Abstract
A multi-tenant data center environment includes a dedicated domain having at least one dedicated server associated with a client and a cloud domain having at least one cloud server associated with the client. The cloud server may have a public interface to a public network and a private interface to a private network. In turn, a network device is coupled between the dedicated domain and the public network, and is further coupled to the cloud server via the private network. A controller of the data center may be used to determine presence of the cloud server, and configure the network device to allow certain traffic to pass directly to the dedicated domain, while preventing other traffic from this direct path, based on access controls of the network device.
Claims7
A system comprising:
- a dedicated domain of a multi-tenant environment including at least one dedicated server associated with a client;
- a cloud domain of the multi-tenant environment, the cloud domain including at least one cloud server associated with the client and having a public interface to a public network and a private interface to a private network;
- a network device coupled between the dedicated domain and the public network, the network device further coupled to the at least one cloud server via the private network;
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- a hybrid controller coupled to the network device to automatically determine presence of the at least one cloud server and to disable traffic from the at least one cloud server to the public network and to route the traffic to the network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.