Physical port sharing in a link aggregation group
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAngelo Macchiano, Bruce H. Ratcliff, Richard P. Tarcza, Susan M. Farrell, Mary E. Carollo
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Abstract
Virtual switches are established in a host system of a computing environment. Each virtual switch of the virtual switches includes a respective virtual switch port grouped within a shared port group of virtual switch ports. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group are in communication with a common physical network adapter of the host system. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group share a single physical port of the physical network adapter as part of a common physical link aggregation group (LAG).
Claims11
A method comprising:
- establishing a plurality of virtual switches in a host system of a computing environment, each virtual switch of the plurality of virtual switches comprising a respective virtual switch port grouped within a shared port group of virtual switch ports, wherein the virtual switch ports of the shared port group are in communication with a common physical network adapter of multiple physical network adapters of the host system;
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- sharing, by the virtual switch ports of the shared port group, a single physical port of the physical network adapter as part of a common physical link aggregation group (LAG) comprising the multiple physical network adapters of the host system as members of the common physical LAG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.