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Method and system for automatically reflecting hardware resource allocation modifications

US7788411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Oracle America, Inc. · US

Inventors

Kais Belgaied · Sunnyvale, US
Nicolas G. Droux · Rio Rancho, US
Sunay Tripathi · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2006
Grant date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/4679
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is disclosed that includes assigning a portion of network hardware resources of a host to a virtual network interface card (VNIC), and configuring a virtual machine network stack (VMNS) in a virtual machine (VM) bound to the VNIC to use the portion of network hardware resources assigned to the VNIC. The method also includes performing a modification to the portion of network hardware resources, and automatically reconfiguring the VMNS to adapt to the modification.

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