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US 2015/0033222 A1Published application
Network Interface Card with Virtual Switch and Traffic Flow Policy Enforcement
AssigneeCavium, Inc.
InventorsMuhammad Raghib Hussain, Vishal Murgai, Faisal Masood
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Abstract
A system includes a host computer executing virtual machines under the control of a hypervisor. A network interface card is coupled to the host machine. The network interface card implements a virtual switch with virtual ports. Each (one or more) virtual port is associated with a virtual machine. The network interface card may operate as a co-processor for the host computer by managing selected traffic flow policies, such as QoS and bandwidth provisioning on a per virtual machine basis.
Claims12
A system, comprising:
- a host computer executing a plurality of virtual machines under the control of a hypervisor;
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- a network interface card coupled to the host machine, the network interface card configured to implement a virtual switch with a plurality of virtual ports, wherein each virtual port of the plurality of virtual ports is associated with a virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.