System and method for dividing a physical ethernet port
US12068979B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 1, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0894
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computer system for dividing a physical Ethernet port is provided. The method may include dividing, by a computing device, a first physical Ethernet port of a plurality of physical Ethernet ports into a plurality of partitions. A first partition of the plurality of partitions for the first Ethernet port may be assigned to a N-virtual distributed switch. A second partition of the plurality of partitions for the first Ethernet port may be assigned with a plurality of functions. Ethernet packets may be switched between the plurality of functions in the second partition.
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