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Title:
COMPUTER DEVICE INCLUDING PROCESS ISOLATED CONTAINERS WITH ASSIGNED VIRTUAL FUNCTIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/041431
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
Examples described herein generally relate to a server for hosting process isolated containers within a virtual machine. The server includes at least one physical processor; at least one physical computer memory storing executable code for execution by the at least one physical processor, and a physical network interface controller, NIC. The executable code may be configured to provide a host virtual machine and at least one process isolated container within the host virtual machine. The physical NIC includes a physical NIC switch configured to distribute incoming data packets to a plurality of functions including a physical function and virtual functions. At least one of the virtual functions is assigned to an individual process isolated container within the virtual machine. The virtual function assigned to the individual process isolated container allows the physical NIC switch to distribute incoming data packets for the individual process isolated container at a hardware level.

Inventors:
DIAZ-CUELLAR GERARDO (US)
CARDONA OMAR (US)
GOVINDASAMY DINESH KUMAR (US)
MESSER JASON (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/047830
Publication Date:
April 15, 2021
Filing Date:
August 25, 2020
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Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (US)
International Classes:
G06F9/455
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BINDSEIL, James J. et al. (US)
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