Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for performing a service discovery for virtual networks
- Patent Title (中): 为虚拟网络执行业务发现的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14069299Application Date: 2013-10-31
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Publication No.: US09264313B1Publication Date: 2016-02-16
- Inventor: Subrahmanyam Manuguri , Anirban Sengupta , Andre Khan
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
A system and method for performing a service discovery on a distributed computer system includes obtaining information of a service that is provided by a host computer in the distributed computer system and embedding the information into a Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) data frame to be transmitted from the host computer to another component of the distributed computer system.
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