Patent ID: 9083550
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a virtual network, the method comprising: converting a virtual network identifier to an InfiniBand multicast group identifier at a first server; sending an InfiniBand multicast message over an InfiniBand fabric, the InfiniBand fabric including the first server, a second server, and a third server, wherein communications between the first server, the second server, and the third server comprise Ethernet packets encapsulated for transmission over the InfiniBand fabric, wherein a network entity receives the InfiniBand multicast message and determines whether the first server is a first member of a multicast group corresponding to a virtual network and adds a port to a multicast group; creating a virtual network interface card (VNIC) corresponding to the virtual network identifier for each of the first server, second server, and third server; and creating a Private Virtual Interconnect (PVI) between two or more of the first server, second server, or third server using the VNIC, the PVI comprising a virtual Ethernet network corresponding to the virtual network identifier, wherein the two or more of the first, second, and third servers of the virtual Ethernet network communicate via the PVI using Ethernet packets encapsulated within InfiniBand messages.