Patent ID: 9535737
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: provisioning a virtual network on a hypervisor server, the hypervisor server being configured to provide virtual computing resources for implementing the virtual network; querying the hypervisor server to determine an allowable range for a number of virtual ports of a first port group of a virtual switch implemented on the hypervisor server, the first port group being allocated to the virtual network; provisioning at least one virtual machine on the virtual network, the provisioning of a virtual machine of the at least one virtual machine including assigning a respective virtual port of the first port group to the virtual machine; monitoring usage of the virtual ports of the first port group; and in response to the usage of the virtual ports of the first port group exceeding a threshold, instructing the hypervisor server to provision a second port group on the virtual switch, the second port group being allocated to the virtual network in addition to the first port group.