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Injecting network endpoints into a SDN

US11190406B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Rishabh Tewari · Sammamish, US
Sumit Sharad Dhoble · Redmond, US
Madhan Sivakumar · Bothell, US
Manasi Deval · Portland, US
Avijit Gupta · Redmond, US
Pranjal Shrivastava · Bellevue, US
Zexuan ZHAO · Bellevue, US
Jun Chen · Palo Alto, US
Sirshak Das · Santa Clara, US
Sahil Aggarwal · Milpitas, US
Weixi Chen · Sunnyvale, US
Bhushan Vinayak Bhise · San Jose, US
Devan Harikumar · Bellevue, US
Arun Jeedigunta Venkata Satya · Seattle, US
Deepak Bansal · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/64
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A virtual network comprising virtual machines executing at a computing environment is implemented. A flexibly extensible NIC (eNIC) is executed at a software defined networking (SDN) appliance. A data packet is received that is addressed to a host that is connected to the virtual network. Based on a layer 2 address and a network identifier, the virtual switch identifies the host represented by the eNIC that is associated with the data packet. A policy associated with the host is determined and applied to the data packet. The policy is dynamically adjustable based on the host.

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