Patent ID: 11863520
Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a second receiving module configured to receive a second instance release request sent by the instance control service based on a first instance release request sent by a user;
a release module configured to reclaim, based on the second instance release request, an address of a to-be-released instance corresponding to instance identification information carried in the second instance release request, and configure, through the switch control service, the switch connected to the to-be-released instance such that a network port of the switch connected to the to-be-released instance is disconnected from other network ports; and
a second returning module configured to return, to the instance control service, a release result of the to-be-released instance requested by the second instance release request, such that the instance control service returns the to-be-released instance to an inventory and returns a release success message to the user.