Patent ID: 9294351
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving at a network device, static profiles each comprising one or more policies assigned to a virtual machine host for application to a virtual interface attached to a virtual machine, wherein said one or more policies provide security; receiving at the network device, a dynamic profile for identifying a configuration of the virtual interface based on one of said static profiles associated with said dynamic profile, wherein said static profiles define the virtual machine host in which said one or more policies are interpreted and said dynamic profile is interpreted based on said one or more policies assigned to the virtual machine host; linking said dynamic profile with one of said static profiles based on the virtual machine host; interpreting said configuration of the virtual interface based on said static profiles linked with said dynamic profile; and automatically updating said association between said dynamic profile and said static profile upon identifying a move of the virtual machine from the virtual machine host to another virtual machine host; wherein said static profiles are associated with virtual switches operating at the virtual machine hosts, the virtual machine attached to said dynamic profile comprising different policies, wherein said different policies are based on the virtual machine host at which where the virtual machine is located.