Patent ID: 11968176
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 11, wherein removing the one or more third ports from the first VLAN includes:
destroying the respective port hardware controller corresponding to each of the one or more third ports or revoking access to the respective port hardware controller corresponding to each of the one or more third ports for the virtual machine corresponding to the first software implemented traffic forwarding engine; and
instructing the first forwarding rule custodian to no longer direct forwarding to or from the one or more third ports;
wherein assigning the one or more third ports to the second VLAN includes:
granting access to a respective port hardware controller for each of the one or more third ports for the virtual machine corresponding to the second software implemented traffic forwarding engine; and
instructing the second forwarding rule custodian to direct forwarding to and from the one or more third ports.