US 12,086,625 B2
Multiple top-of-rack (TOR) switches connected to a network virtualization device
Jagwinder Singh Brar, Bellevue, WA (US); and Syed Waqqas Ahmed, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US)
Filed by Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,660.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/381,262, filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/398,134, filed on Aug. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056335 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 49/15 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 49/15 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
communicatively coupling a first physical port of a network virtualization device (NVD) included in a datacenter to a first top-of-rack (TOR) switch and a second TOR switch;
communicatively coupling a second physical port of the NVD with a network interface card (NIC) associated with a host machine, the second physical port providing a first logical port and a second logical port for communications between the NVD and the NIC;
receiving, by the NVD, a packet from the host machine via the first logical port or the second logical port;
determining, by the NVD, a particular TOR, from a group including the first TOR and the second TOR, for communicating the packet; and
transmitting, by the NVD, the packet to the particular TOR to facilitate communication of the packet to a destination host machine.