Layer-2 networking span port in a virtualized cloud environment
US11765080B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2021 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described for communications in an L2 virtual network. In an example, the L2 virtual network includes a plurality of L2 compute instances hosted on a set of host machines and a plurality of L2 virtual network interfaces and L2 virtual switches hosted on a set of network virtualization devices. An L2 virtual network interface emulates an L2 port of the L2 virtual network. Span port information applicable to the L2 port is sent to a network virtualization device that hosts the L2 virtual network interface.
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