System and method for supporting live migration of virtual machines in a virtualization environment
US9893977B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/4557
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method can support virtual machine live migration in a network. A virtual switch can be associated with a plurality of virtual functions (VFs), and wherein each said virtual function (VF) is associated with a separate virtual interface (VI) space. At least one virtual machine that is attached with a said virtual function (VF) can be associated with a virtual interface (VI), e.g. a queue pair (QP) in an Infiniband (IB) architecture. Furthermore, said at least one virtual machine operates to perform a live migration from a first host to a second host with said virtual function (VF) attached.
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