Supporting ephemeral ports in a virtualized environment
US7613809B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/90
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, articles, and systems for receiving a request for an allocation of one or more ephemeral ports from a pool of ephemeral ports associated with a physical device, for a virtual machine of the physical device, are described herein. In various embodiments, an ephemeral port manager of the physical device is adapted to allocate up to the one or more ephemeral ports requested from the pool of ephemeral ports, if up to the one or more ephemeral ports are available for allocation from the pool of ephemeral ports. In some embodiments, the ephemeral port manager is further adapted to mark the allocated one or more ephemeral ports as unavailable to meet an ephemeral port allocation request of another virtual machine of the physical device.
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