Title:
SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) FOR MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN VIRTUAL PROCESSORS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/092954
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An aspect includes receiving, at a software-defined networking (SDN) controller, an inquiry from a virtual switch executing on a host machine. The inquiry includes a request to identify a flow of a data packet received at the virtual switch from a source virtual processor. The source virtual processor is either a logical partition (LPAR) or a virtual machine (VM) executing under control of a hypervisor on the host machine. A destination virtual processor associated with the data packet is determined by the SDN controller. In addition, the SDN controller identifies the flow between the source virtual processor and the destination virtual processor. The flow includes a least one virtual port in the virtual switch. The SDN controller instructs the virtual switch to send the data packet from the source virtual processor to the destination virtual processor via the identified flow.
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Inventors:
DECUSATIS CASIMER M (US)
KRISHNAMURTHY RAJARAM B (US)
KRISHNAMURTHY RAJARAM B (US)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/005105
Publication Date:
June 25, 2015
Filing Date:
October 07, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IBM (US)
IBM JAPAN (JP)
IBM JAPAN (JP)
International Classes:
G06F9/46; G06F13/10; G06F13/00; H04L45/42
Foreign References:
| US20110299537A1 | 2011-12-08 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
UENO, Takeshi et al. (IBM Japan Ltd., NBF TOYOSU CANAL FRONT Bldg., 6-52, Toyosu 5-chome, Koto-k, Tokyo 11, JP)
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