Systems and methods of discovering and traversing coexisting topologies
US10747569B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method comprising: receiving from a third party virtualization platform: virtual machine manager identifiers identifying virtual machine managers, hypervisor identifiers identifying hypervisors and virtual machine identifiers identifying virtual machines, generating a first logical mapping of virtual machine managers to hypervisors, generating a second logical mapping of hypervisors to virtual machines, generating a third logical mapping of virtual machines to other virtual machines, receiving from network probes hypervisor traffic data identifying communication between hypervisors and entities of a switch fabric and virtual machine traffic data identifying communication between virtual machines to entities of the switch fabric, generating a fourth logical mapping of hypervisors to entities of the switch fabric based on the hypervisor traffic data, generating a fifth logical mapping virtual machines to entities of the switch fabric based on the virtual machine traffic data, and outputting a master mapping based on the first, second, fourth, and fifth logical mappings.
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