Patent ID: 11895016
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause programmable circuitry to at least:
aggregate a first plurality of physical network interfaces to create a first link aggregated group, the first link aggregated group corresponding to a first virtual network interface card;
aggregate a second plurality of physical network interfaces to create a second link aggregated group, the second link aggregated group corresponding to a second virtual network interface;
connect the first link aggregated group between a first distributed virtual port and a first top-of-rack switch;
connect the second link aggregated group between a second distributed virtual port and a second top-of-rack switch; and
remove an invalid connection that is active and between the first plurality of physical network interfaces and the second top-of-rack switch.