Patent ID: 8670450
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage device and program code on the computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor associated with a virtualization manager executing on a data processing system generates a virtualized computing environment having one or more distributed virtual switches (DVS) and causes the virtualization manager to perform functions of: detecting an incoming transmission of a packet at a first virtual port of the DVS, wherein the first virtual port is assigned to enable routing of received packets to and from devices within one or more Virtual Local Access Networks (VLANs); retrieving a VLAN ID (VID) from header of the packet, wherein the VLAN ID is a value assigned to uniquely identify a particular VLAN from other VLANs of a plurality of VLANs that can be supported by the first virtual port; in response to detecting the packet on an ingress path of the first virtual port: in response to detecting transmission of a packet on an egress path of the first virtual port: