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AssigneeNicira, Inc.
InventorsBrenden Blanco, Sushil Singh, Gaetano Borgione, Alexei Starovoitov, Pere Monclus
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A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for use of a connectivity manager and a network infrastructure including the same. In one embodiment, the network infrastructure comprises one or more physical devices communicably coupled into a physical network infrastructure or via the overlay provided by the physical servers; and a virtual network domain containing a virtual network infrastructure executing on the physical network infrastructure. In one embodiment, the virtual network domain comprises one or more virtual network functions connected together through one or more links and executing on the one or more physical devices, and one or more interfaces coupled to one or more network functions via one or more links to communicate data between the virtual network domain and at least one of the one or more physical devices of the physical network infrastructure while the virtual network domain is isolated from other virtual infrastructures executing on the physical network infrastructure.
An apparatus for dynamic on-demand provisioning and creation of a network environment, the apparatus comprising:
A method for dynamic on-demand provisioning and creation of a network environment, the method comprising:
An article of manufacture comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to at least:
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