US Patent:
20150169353, Jun 18, 2015
Inventors:
SERGIO COLLA - SAN JOSE CA, US
RAJESH SHENOY - SAN JOSE CA, US
BILL LEUNG - SAN JOSE CA, US
TUAN NGUYEN - SAN JOSE CA, US
Assignee:
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. - MURRAY HILL NJ
International Classification:
G06F 9/455
H04L 29/08
Abstract:
Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms or apparatus to manage virtual and nonvirtual elements in a data center (DC) by correlating necessarily supporting virtual and nonvirtual DC elements, such as the virtual and nonvirtual DC elements necessary to support a VM, a virtual port attaching the VM to an L2 service, a hypervisor supporting the L2 service, an L3 attachment point supporting the L2 service and the L3 service to which the L2 services attached.