公开(公告)号：US20160226678A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-04

申请号：US14961801

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Margaret Petrus ,  Mallik Mahalingam

IPC: H04L12/46

CPC classification number: H04L12/4641 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/4633 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L61/103 ,  H04L61/2007 ,  H04L61/6022 ,  H04L69/324

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) gateway. During operation, the VXLAN gateway receives, from a physical host, an Ethernet packet destined for a virtual machine residing in a remote layer-2 network broadcast domain that is different from a local layer-2 network broadcast domain where the physical host resides. The VXLAN gateway then determines a VXLAN identifier for the received Ethernet packet. The VXLAN gateway further encapsulates the Ethernet packet with the virtual extensible local area network identifier and an Internet Protocol (IP) header, and forwards the encapsulated packet to an IP network, thereby allowing the packet to be transported to the virtual machine via the IP network and allowing the remote layer-2 network broadcast domain and the local layer-2 network broadcast domain to be part of a common layer-2 broadcast domain.

Abstract translation: 本文的公开内容描述了虚拟可扩展局域网（VXLAN）网关。 在运行期间，VXLAN网关从物理主机接收目的地为驻留在物理主机所在的本地二层网络广播域的远程二层网络广播域中的虚拟机的以太网数据包。 然后，VXLAN网关确定接收的以太网分组的VXLAN标识符。 VXLAN网关进一步封装具有虚拟可扩展局域网标识符和Internet协议（IP）头的以太网数据包，并将封装后的数据包转发到IP网络，从而允许数据包通过IP网络传输到虚拟机 并允许远程二层网络广播域和本地二层网络广播域成为公共第二层广播域的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US09210079B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-08

申请号：US13791264

申请日：2013-03-08

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Margaret Petrus ,  Mallik Mahalingam

IPC: H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/46

CPC classification number: H04L12/4641 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/4633 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L61/103 ,  H04L61/2007 ,  H04L61/6022 ,  H04L69/324

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) gateway. During operation, the VXLAN gateway receives, from a physical host, an Ethernet packet destined for a virtual machine residing in a remote layer-2 network broadcast domain that is different from a local layer-2 network broadcast domain where the physical host resides. The VXLAN gateway then determines a VXLAN identifier for the received Ethernet packet. The VXLAN gateway further encapsulates the Ethernet packet with the virtual extensible local area network identifier and an Internet Protocol (IP) header, and forwards the encapsulated packet to an IP network, thereby allowing the packet to be transported to the virtual machine via the IP network and allowing the remote layer-2 network broadcast domain and the local layer-2 network broadcast domain to be part of a common layer-2 broadcast domain.

Abstract translation: 本文的公开内容描述了虚拟可扩展局域网（VXLAN）网关。 在运行期间，VXLAN网关从物理主机接收目的地为驻留在物理主机所在的本地二层网络广播域的远程二层网络广播域中的虚拟机的以太网数据包。 然后，VXLAN网关确定接收的以太网分组的VXLAN标识符。 VXLAN网关进一步封装具有虚拟可扩展局域网标识符和Internet协议（IP）头的以太网数据包，并将封装后的数据包转发到IP网络，从而允许数据包通过IP网络传输到虚拟机 并允许远程二层网络广播域和本地二层网络广播域成为公共第二层广播域的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US20140092907A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-03

申请号：US13791264

申请日：2013-03-08

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Margaret Petrus

IPC: H04L12/741

CPC classification number: H04L12/4641 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/4633 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L61/103 ,  H04L61/2007 ,  H04L61/6022 ,  H04L69/324

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) gateway. During operation, the VXLAN gateway receives, from a physical host, an Ethernet packet destined for a virtual machine residing in a remote layer-2 network broadcast domain that is different from a local layer-2 network broadcast domain where the physical host resides. The VXLAN gateway then determines a VXLAN identifier for the received Ethernet packet. The VXLAN gateway further encapsulates the Ethernet packet with the virtual extensible local area network identifier and an Internet Protocol (IP) header, and forwards the encapsulated packet to an IP network, thereby allowing the packet to be transported to the virtual machine via the IP network and allowing the remote layer-2 network broadcast domain and the local layer-2 network broadcast domain to be part of a common layer-2 broadcast domain.

Abstract translation: 本文的公开内容描述了虚拟可扩展局域网（VXLAN）网关。 在运行期间，VXLAN网关从物理主机接收目的地为驻留在物理主机所在的本地二层网络广播域的远程二层网络广播域中的虚拟机的以太网数据包。 然后，VXLAN网关确定接收的以太网分组的VXLAN标识符。 VXLAN网关进一步封装具有虚拟可扩展局域网标识符和Internet协议（IP）头的以太网数据包，并将封装后的数据包转发到IP网络，从而允许数据包通过IP网络传输到虚拟机 并允许远程二层网络广播域和本地二层网络广播域成为公共第二层广播域的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US11729098B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17751282

申请日：2022-05-23

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Raja Kommula ,  Thayumanavan Sridhar

IPC: H04L45/74 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L49/201 ,  H04L49/25 ,  H04L101/622

CPC classification number: H04L45/74 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  H04L12/462 ,  H04L12/4641 ,  H04L49/203 ,  H04L49/25 ,  H04L2101/622

Abstract: An example first server host includes processor circuitry to: connect a virtual network interface card (vNIC) of the first server host to a first physical network interface card (pNIC) and a second pNIC of the first server host; establish an inter-switch link between first and second switches, the first switch and the first server host in a first network fabric, the second switch and a second server host in a second network fabric; and cause transmission of a first and second network packets from the vNIC of the first server host, the first and second network packets to be delivered to the second server host via the inter-switch link, the first network packet to be transmitted via the first pNIC when utilization of the first pNIC does not satisfy a threshold, the second network packet to be transmitted via the second pNIC when the utilization satisfies the threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20230168946A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18159535

申请日：2023-01-25

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Santhana Krishnan ,  Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Chitrank Seshadri

IPC: G06F9/50 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F8/65

CPC classification number: G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/505 ,  G06F9/5022 ,  G06F9/4856 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F8/65 ,  G06F2009/4557 ,  G06F2209/5011 ,  G06F2209/5022 ,  G06F2009/45583 ,  G06F2009/45562 ,  G06F2209/501 ,  G06F2209/503

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve workload domain management of virtualized server systems. An example system includes memory, programmable circuitry, and instructions to program the programmable circuitry to generate a pool of virtualized servers based on a policy, determine whether a utilization of a first virtualized server is less than a first threshold, the first threshold based on at least one type of resource provisionable to the first virtualized server, determine that a firmware status associated with the first virtualized server corresponds to a first firmware version, transfer a workload of the first virtualized server to a second virtualized server after a determination that a second firmware version is available for the first virtualized server, deallocate the first virtualized server from the first workload domain to the pool of the virtualized servers, and update the first virtualized server to the second firmware version.

公开(公告)号：US11150930B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-19

申请号：US16022583

申请日：2018-06-28

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Vishal Gupta ,  Nikhil Ayyagari ,  Thayumanavan Sridhar

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06Q10/06

Abstract: The disclosure provides an approach for managing an application workload on a computer system that includes data centers. The application workload includes first application instances running on a first data center and second application instances running on a second data center. The method comprises collecting usage data of first application instances, usage data of second application instances, and combining the collected data. The method further comprises evaluating the combined data to determine low health in least one application instance, and restarting the at least one application instance or creating a new application instance. The method further comprises evaluating the combined data to determine whether to change size of the application workload, and in which data center to place a second new application instance if increasing size. The method further comprises contacting a component of the chosen data center to place the second new application instance within a local host machine.

公开(公告)号：US20210314255A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US17352258

申请日：2021-06-19

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Raja Kommula ,  Constantine Polychronopoulos ,  Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Marc-Andre Bordeleau ,  Edward Choh ,  Ojas Gupta ,  Robert Kidd ,  Georgios Oikonomou ,  Jeremy Tidemann

IPC: H04L12/707 ,  H04L12/721

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a novel method for adjusting a path for a packet flow from a source machine to a destination machine in a network. The method of some embodiments identifies a condition at a first forwarding element along a first path traversed by the packet flow through the network. The first path traverses through a hardware, second forwarding element before the first forwarding element. In some embodiments, the second forwarding element includes a programmable data plane circuit. The method, in some embodiments, uses an application programming interface (API) of the programmable data plane circuit to provide a set of parameters to the data plane circuit that cause the data plane circuit to forego selecting the first path to forward the packets of the packet flow to the destination machine and instead to select a second path, not traversing the first forwarding element, to the destination machine.

公开(公告)号：US10944633B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16122908

申请日：2018-09-06

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Raja Kommula ,  Santoshkumar Babalad ,  Rajendra Gutupalli

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/931

Abstract: A disclosed example of autonomously configuring a virtual network and a physical network in a physical rack includes generating network topologies of hosts based on physical network connection information indicative of physical network connections between the hosts and a top-of-rack switch in the physical rack; determining whether implementing the network topologies of the hosts concurrently in the physical rack is valid based on evaluating the network topologies relative to a network topology validation rule; when implementing the network topologies of the hosts concurrently in the physical rack is valid: configuring a virtual distributed switch in a first one of the hosts based on one of the network topologies; and configuring the top-of-rack switch in communication with the first host based on the one of the network topologies.

公开(公告)号：US20210067439A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16568330

申请日：2019-09-12

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Raja Kommula ,  Constantine Polychronopoulos ,  Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Marc-Andre Bordeleau ,  Edward Choh ,  Ojas Gupta ,  Robert Kidd ,  Georgios Oikonomou ,  Jeremy Tidemann

IPC: H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/861 ,  G06F9/455

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method of performing network slice-based operations on a data message at a hardware forwarding element (HFE) in a network. For a received data message flow, the method has the HFE identify a network slice associated with the received data message flow. This network slice in some embodiments is associated with a set of operations to be performed on the data message by several network elements, including one or more machines executing on one or more computers in the network. Once the network slice is identified, the method has the HFE process the data message flow based on a rule that applies to data messages associated with the identified slice.

公开(公告)号：US20210067416A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16568332

申请日：2019-09-12

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Raja Kommula ,  Constantine Polychronopoulos ,  Thayumanavan Sridhar ,  Marc-Andre Bordeleau ,  Edward Choh ,  Ojas Gupta ,  Robert Kidd ,  Georgios Oikonomou ,  Jeremy Tidemann

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  G06F9/455

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method of performing network slice-based operations on a data message at a hardware forwarding element (HFE) in a network. For a received data message flow, the method has the HFE identify a network slice associated with the received data message flow. This network slice in some embodiments is associated with a set of operations to be performed on the data message by several network elements, including one or more machines executing on one or more computers in the network. Once the network slice is identified, the method has the HFE process the data message flow based on a rule that applies to data messages associated with the identified slice.